Over the last couple of days, the White House has remained rather tight lipped or more appropriately lacked credibility when it came to imparting info about the condition of President Trump. Back home, the focus is back on the safety of women after the Hathras gang rape; though many of the political bigwigs who were verbose about the Bollywood drug nexus & the elephant death in Kerala have chosen to remain silent. Coincidentally Hemant Madhukar's latest venture is titled "Nishabdham" which had a pretty engaging trailer. So was the movie worth talking about???
The film unfolds in the 1970s in Seattle when a couple gets murdered in their home under mysterious circumstances. With the police unable to crack the case, it was concluded that some paranormal being was responsible for the murders & the house was deemed as haunted. The view shifts to the present day & the house was in the news yet again as renowned cello player, Antony (Madhavan) was found murdered in it the exact same manner. He had visited the house along with his fiancé, Sakshi (Anushka Shetty); a deaf & mute artist who luckily managed to escape with minor injuries. The case was taken up by Detective Maha (Anjali) & her Chief Richard Deakins (Michael Madsen) who refused to believe that a ghost was behind the crime. So were they indeed true or did Sakshi being the only witness to the murder have a different version???
This was the first time that I came to know about the director Hemant Madhukar, though he had taken a few movies in the past & hence I watched the movie without any prejudice. To be frank, the script by the director was pretty pathetic to say the atleast & it wasn't aided in any manner by Kona Venkat's uninspired screenplay. It started off a decent horror thriller but neither did they explore that angle properly nor did they do justice to the investigation part as the audience were considered as imbeciles virtually spoon fed for every sequence. However, Shaneil Deo's visuals were pretty impressive & the music by Girishh G was fine.
If the script itself is amateurish, there is precious little what the artists could do & that's exactly what we see over here. Both Madhava, Anushka & Subbaraju did their parts aptly, Shalini was ok while Anjali was damn ordinary. One of the reasons why I was excited to watch this movie was Michael Madsen & to be brutally honest, he was just UNBEARABLE. I fail to understand how an actor who has performed admirably in Tarantino's movies can be so abysmal.
Verdict: It's undoubtedly a huge disappointment considering the quality of the cast that Hemant had assembled. Apart from a couple of sequences, it was just a dull affair & hence I dont think it's worth time spending for!!!
Rating: 1.5/5
Regards...Ben
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