Nishabd (2007)

Real Bollywood | 2007-03-03

Nishabd elevates the traditional language of cinema to the plane of unrhymed poetry.
That quest for joy, which we forfeit in our pursuit of day-to-day aspirations, is retrieved in this elegiac yet exhilarating film about re-discovering passion and disconnecting it with sex.
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Great Indian Mutiny, India | 2007-03-09

as a whole Nishabd fails to deliver
Jiah Khan is beautiful, sexy, and attractive.She does a fine job in her debut.
Revathy as usual is excellent and naturally beautiful, while Shraddha Arya is a talent to watch.
s craft is wonderful in the movie.
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Desicritics.org, India | 2007-03-25

In the book, Lolita , from which film-maker Ram Gopal Verma, presumably, drew inspiration, author Nabokov made the plot a lot more messy, but this doesn't make Nishabd any less disgusting for me, a desi oldie with a middle-class mindset.
Of all the fantasy Bollywood has made, a movie of this 18-60 love equation depicted in Nishabd is truly outlandish.
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Real Bollywood | 2007-02-27

We laugh about her comments on how good Amitabh smells.
If I look confident on screen, the credit goes to Amitabh and Varma.
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Ahmedabad Newsline, India

First-time actress Jiah is very attractive, very effective, but it is Bachchan who makes Nishabd his own.
Ram Gopal Varma's Nishabd is more American Beauty than the Nabokov classic: his Jiah is no pre-pubescent Lolita; she is a full-bodied eighteen-year-old sexually charged machine, waiting to be kickstarted into action.
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B4U MOVIES ACQUIRES EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS TO SCREEN GURU, UMRAO JAAN AND NISHABD

B4U as the network has bought the global exclusive screening rights to three blockbusters- 'Guru', 'Umrao Jaan' and the yet to be released 'Nishbad'. The acquiring of rights for movies such as 'Guru' and 'Umrao Jaan' has even more significance... ... Full Article

Nishabd , with all its strength and shortcomings, is a piece of quality cinema that talks openly and unabashedly about things and emotions that many would prefer to be swept under the carpet. A film like Nishabd is certainly not for the laity. Masses and

You can make a technically topnotch film, but whats the point if it has a fragile soul.Nishabd has a soul, and a soul that cannot be spelt (pun intended). ... Full Article

Nishabd means Speechless, isnt it?

Then photographers daughter breaks her ankle and he has to take Jiah to show around his estate. He also takes her to his night shelter and preaches about virtues of taking ones own decisions. And he also tells Jiah that ... Full Article

In Defence of Nishabd

I think Nishabd for whatever its draw backs is a bold and daring experiment ever attempted in Indian cinema. Could you have ever imagined any sane or for that matter insane producer putting in money on a production like this ... Full Article