Khamosh Pani Movie (2004) Details :
Khamosh Pani is a 2003 Pakistani film about a widowed mother and her young son living in a Punjabi village as it undergoes radical changes during the late 1970s.Shot in a Pakistani village, the film was also released in India. It won seven awards, including Golden Leopard Best Actress, and Best Direction at the 56th Locarno International Film Festival, Switzerland.
- Directer : Sabiha Sumar
- Producer : Peter Hermann
- Writter : Paromita Vohra
- Starring : Kiron Kher,Shilpa Shukla,Aamir Malik,Adnan Shah Tipu,Rehan Sheikh
- Music : Madan Gopal Singh,Arshad Mahmood
- Cinematography : Ralph Netzer
- Film Editing : Bettina Böhler
- Production Company : Vidhi Films,Unlimited,ARTE,Flying Moon Filmproduktion
- Distributor : Academy Films Stuttgart/Ludwigsburg ,First Run Features,Frenetic Films
- Production Design : Olivier Meidinger,Heike Wolf
- Art Direction : Frank Herzog,Olivier Meidinger
- Costume Design : Heike Fademrecht
- Makeup Department : Lesley Lamont-Fisher,Nadine Schränkler
- Production Management : Ambarien Alqadar,Iqbal Kidwai,Michael Reuter
- Visual Effects : Kristin Feist,Markus Frank,Birger Schirrmeister
- Genres : Drama
- Release date : 15 August 2003,8 October 2004
- Running time : 105 minutes
- Country : Pakistan
- Language : Punjabi
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Story of the film :
Set in 1979 Pakistan, General Zia-ul-Haq has imposed martial law and, within a few months, the country is decreed a Muslim state. Aicha, a well-adjusted woman in her forties, devotes her life to the education of her eighteen-year-old son Salim, in the little village of Charkhi, in the Pakistani Penjab. Salim is a quiet dreamer, but the fast moving political situation fills Aicha with anxiety, since her son is changing out of all recognition.
Star Cast of the film :
- Kiron Kher … Ayesha Khan (as Kirron Kher)
- Arshad Mahmood … Mehboob – Nai (as Arsad Mahmud)
- Salman Shahid … Amin
- Shilpa Shukla … Zubeida
- Sarfaraz Ansari … Rashid
- Tanveer Ahmad … Sikh Pilgrim 4
- Zaheer Ahmed … Tea Boy
- Quratul Ain … Shanno
- Aamir Ali … Salim Khan
- Abid Ali … Choudhary
- Safdar Ali … Sikh Pilgrim 5
- Shazim Ashraf … Zubair
- Ejaz Baig … Bhatti
- Tasleem Bibi … Allabi
- Madan Gopal Singh … Sikh Pilgrim 1
- Anjum Habibi … Maulana
- Yousuf Jimmi … Tabla Player
- Navtej Singh Johar … Jaswant (as Navtej Johar)
- Fahim Khan … Muslim Man (1947)
- Mubbashir Ali Khan … Labourer
- Suhair Fariha Khan … Young Veero
- Nadia Malik … Hina
- Saba Malik … Hira Bai – Courtesan
- Gurjot Singh Mann … Sikh Pilgrim 2
- Taj Mohammad … Village Maulvi
- Afaq Mushtaq … Asif
- Master Mushtaq … Harmonium Player
- Nisar Qadri … Haji Munnavar
- Aslam Rana … Vendor
- K.M. Rana … Sikh Priest
- S.A. Rehman … Professor
- Abdul Saboor … Maulvi on TV
- Adnan Shah … Mazhar
- Rehan Sheikh … Afsan Khan
- Shams Uddin … Teashop Owner
- Barkat Ullah … Mubarak Bhai
- Fariha Zaheen … Shabnam ‘Shabbo’
- Aftab Zubari … Show Host on TV
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Awards :
2003 : Locarno International Film Festival
- Best Actress – Kirron Kher
- Don Quixote Award – Special Mention – Sabiha Sumar
- Golden Leopard (Best Film) – Sabiha Sumar
- Prize of the Ecumenical Jury – Sabiha Sumar
- Youth Jury Award – Special Mention: Sabiha Sumar
2003 : Nantes Three Continents Festival
- Audience Award – Sabiha Sumar
- Silver Montgolfiere – Sabiha Sumar
2003 : Karachi International Film Festival
- Special Jurors’ Selection Ciepie
- Best Actress in a Leading Role – Kirron Kher
- Best Screenplay – Paromita Vohra
2005 : Lux Style Awards
- Best Film – Won
Khamosh Pani Movie Review :
Nothing prepares you for the subtlety and searing honesty of this film. There is something ennobling about watching it. The director gives us vignettes of life in Pakistan, circa 1980 and 1999, and paints the portrait of a country in the grip of a ruinous Islamization. General Zia-ul-Haq took the country backward by several years through his repressive policies and Sabiha Sumar shows us glimpse of what he did to the country.
In a film so subtly wrought, it is unusual to be struck particularly by acting performances but for Shilpa Shukla is a revelation. It is a splendidly understated performance and I must say her sensuality stirred me too.
This film review are Mostly Positive from Critics, IMDB Public Reviewing site give 7.6 Star Out Of 10 Star with Reviewers are 1023.
Critics Rating by Rottentomatoes User give 3.8 star out of 5 Star.
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