Khamosh 1985
Angelique Syria
A fine narrator, her description and revelations left me enraptured, terrified and startled. Without actually seeing the film, I decided it's the scariest film I've ever seen. Of course, when I finally did watch it, I found the whole 'beast man blood thirsty for bride in red' extremely amusing.
Later in 1985, when Mandakini made news for her famous waterfall scene in Ram Teri Ganga Maili Ho Gayi, Amitabh Bachchan doodled 'Mard' on his chest and Sunny Deol made new fans with his commanding presence in and as Arjun, also released Vidhu Vinod Chopra's small-budget whodunit Khamosh featuring some of the best actors we've ever had -- Amol Palekar, Shabana Azmi, Naseeruddin Shah and Pankaj Kapur.
I was much too young to care. But I do remember how my mom who saw it with her colleagues and my brother who sneaked out with his cronies, raved endlessly about the unexpected killer and its unique treatment. That's the part when I feel both -- left out and lucky.
There's no need to explain the former but the latter since I didn't pay any attention to the murderer's identity and avoided all spoilers for more than two decades till I finally saw it.
Khamosh leaves out the popular excesses but there's nothing scant about its imagination or populated frames.
Considering its cast is a sprawling unit, it's quite a challenge to utilise all of them adequately. To Chopra's credit, he doesn't let anyone go waste.
Shabana Azmi's honed skills and effortless warmth in a role that demands her to scream a whole lot frequently, Naseer Shah's restrained dynamism even when he scarcely opens his mouth, Pankaj Kapur's nervous energy and eerie gaze that marvellously attracts (and distracts) and there's also Soni Razdan in traditional Kashmiri attire reminding you just how much her daughter Alia Bhatt resembles her mother.
Irrespective of the role's length or designation, the key players, the supporting cast, half a dozen props and the all-encompassing Pahalgam Hotel collaborate like a combined team effort to elevate the delicately laid-out deceit. In any tale of intrigue, the climax (or the killer if you please?) is the deal breaker.
Right from the breathtaking chase in the town streets where you learn why the one you thought is the killer is not the killer -- the clever bullets theory -- till the original offender meets his end, Chopra's third act offers a befitting finish and a joyride in nail-biting entertainment.
I haven't forgotten Amol Palekar who simply walks away with Khamosh in the chilling final scene. His icy cool demeanour as he tenderly discloses his intention to bump off his last victim is a far cry from the self-conscious, bumbling office goer roles he's best known for. His motivation to kill may seem a little less sensational in 2013 but the criminal fervour of his manic, enlarged eyes is disconcertingly effective.
At the end, a disclaimer shows up saying All characters in this film are fictitious. Palekar later joked about how the original write-up read, 'Amol Palekar is not a murderer and Shabana Azmi does not sleepwalk.'
Khamosh is a 1985 Indian movie directed by Vidhu Vinod Chopra starring Amol Palekar, Naseeruddin Shah, Shabana Azmi and Pankaj Kapoor. The feature film is produced by Vidhu Vinod Chopra and the music composed by Kersi Lord and Uttam Singh.
Remember those old Indian movies, early 50s and 60sThe audience was used to "Kutta Kamina" or stuff like "Zaleel"As time went by, Shakti Kapoor in late 70s and early 80s spelt it out " You Bloody Bastard" . So then we got used to that! fine, censor didn't bother them90s saw a trend where the word "sexy" was used in every other movie ( Remember karisma's songs "Sexy Sexy mujhe Log bole which was then dubbed to Baby Baby mujhe log bole" )THEN, Censor got all worked up about a damn 'Choli Ke Peeche' kya hain, even though the song mentioned 'Dil hain Mera'Satya had words like "C****ya"We certainly picked up pace here, do you remember the movie Gangajal!, they used the word 'Mad*****ot" several times, so where was the censor then?I don't get it, do these films have Foreign Certification? how are they allowed nowOK..Now, here is a clip from the movie KHAMOSH ( 1985 ) Just Hear Naserrudin as he pushes Ajit Vachani and closes the door" He says "F.cking Film " - Did Censor miss that or I have terribly good earsccvCmB06MhMNice eh, but this takes the cakeThis is Raqeeb ( 2007 ) and we have entered the "F" word phaseRMdtLIkk9n8Few years from now, well you can imagine
indian censors have no idea ..theya re a joke .one director in an interview ithink it was anurag kashyap said that he had taken one of his film to the censor for approval .the film had lot of cuss words c*****tiya ,mc , bc .. The censors finally passed his film but they censored c****ya but not mc when he asked them the reason they said the actors have already said mc about 13 times in the film so ch****ya had to be censored since they felt not censoring ch****ya would make the film more vulgar...... but including mc inthe dialogue would not? seriously hilarious :hysterical:
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