- Khamosh Pani
Infobox_Film
name = Khamosh Pani
caption = Khamosh Pani movie poster
director =Sabiha Sumar
writer =Paromita Vohra
starring =Kiron Kher ,Shilpa Shukla
producer = Aamir Ali Malik
distributor =
released =2004
runtime = 105 min.
country =Pakistan
language = Punjabi /Urdu /Hindi
imdb_id = 0357283|Khamosh Pani (
Urdu : خاموش پانی;Hindi : खामोश पानी; "lit." "Silent Waters") is a 2003 French/German production about a widowed mother and her young son set in a late 1970s village in Punjab,Pakistan which is coming under radical influence.The film was released in
India too. It was shot in a village inPakistan and won 7 awards.Plot
Ayesha is a seemingly well-adjusted middle-aged woman whose life centres around her son Saleem -a gentle, dreamy 18-year-old, in love with Zubeida. They live in the village of Charkhi in Punjab,
Pakistan . Ayesha's husband is dead and she manages a living from his pension and by givingQur'an lessons to young girls. The story begins in 1979, in aPakistan under President GeneralZia-ul-Haq 's martial law. Zia-ul-Haq manipulated the interpretation ofIslam and misguided a whole generation of uneducated young people. These radicalized young people were needed at that time to fight theSoviets , who had occupied neighbouringAfghanistan . Saleem becomes intensely involved with a group of Islamic fundamentalists and leaves Zubeida. Ayesha is saddened to see her son change radically.Events escalate when
Sikh pilgrims fromIndia arrive in the village. Later, a pilgrim looks for his sister Veero who was left behind in 1947 during thePartition of India . This awakens heart-rending memories.This movie basically shows the consequences of a corrupt dictator on the future of a nation.Cast
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Kiron Kher
* Aamir Ali Malik
*Arshad Mahmud
*Salman Shahid
*Shilpa Shukla
*Sarfaraz Ansari External links
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* [http://movies2.nytimes.com/gst/movies/movie.html?v_id=292932 New York Times review of "Silent Waters"]
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