Khamosh Pani
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Banner Sringar Films
Censor Certification U/A
Director Salman Shahid , Navtej Johar
Language Hindi
Items Per Pack in DVD 1


Description
Winner of 14 International awards including Best Film (Golden leopard, Festival Grand Prize, Locarno) Best Actor (female), Best Direction.
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 Pendjab. Salim is a quiet dreamer, but the fast moving political situation fills Aicha with anxiety, since her son is changing out of all recognition.

DVD Features
All Region, NTSC Format, Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles In English




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Unrated
Director: Sabiha Sumar


Edition Details:
• Region 1 encoding (US and Canada only)
• Language: English
• Release Date: September 20, 2005
• NTSC
• Catalog Number:
• ASIN: B000A0GY2I
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Editorial Reviews

Review
Sabiha Sumar's Silent Waters is an affecting drama, and the timeliness of its heartfelt dissection of the destructiveness of religious extremism helps ameliorate some minor dramatic flaws. In presenting Salim (Aamir Malik) as petulant and feckless before his religious transformation, the film fails to achieve the moral complexity of Tareque Masud's thematically similar The Clay Bird, which is about the Bangladeshi revolution. By portraying the Islamic fundamentalists and their followers as joyless, scary bullies, the film veers toward the pedantic. Masud was able to portray the societal trauma created by such movements while retaining a sense that the people involved were still complex human beings with their own personal struggles. At least Silent Waters achieves some balance by portraying destructive religious extremism among the Sikhs just as disdainfully. Thanks in no small part to Kiron Kher's wonderfully soulful performance (for which she shared the Bronze Leopard for Best Actress at the 2003 Locarno Film Festival), the film achieves its greatest power as it explores the conflicts faced by a woman torn between two worlds, both of which seem bent on denying her very humanity. As the film's tone shifts from the relative calm and occasional joy of the village before General Zia's rise to power to the fear and repression that spreads after, it presents an engaging and informative depiction of Pakistan's tumultuous history from an intimate perspective. Despite its weaknesses, Silent Waters, which was shown at New Directors/New Films in 2003, is an important and moving film. ~ Josh Ralske, All Movie Guide
Synopsis
Pakistani filmmaker Sabiha Sumar directs the political drama Khamosh Pani (Silent Waters). Set in a small Pakistani village in 1979, the film follows widowed family matriarch Ayesha (Kirron Kher) as she struggles under the martial law that declares her country a Muslim state. Her teenage son Saleem (Aamir Malik) is encouraged by his wealthy girlfriend Zubeida (Shilpa Shukla) to get a job. However, he ends up hanging out with a bunch of Muslim fundamentalists and causing trouble for the Sikh... Read more




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Also available amazon USA

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Will tell you the US edition price on Monday. Will also check the Indian edition price.

Its funny because few ppl here wanted to buy the CD and just for them I got hte CD, but no one bought the CD yet!(arsh, i didnt say your name!). Hopefully the same wont happen for DVD!!!

Well, dude, I stood beside my farmaish, actually before my farmaish, i accidently discovered at ur website and was so much elated that i could get it locally, i loved it!

It is very very authentic, thats what I like about it!

just get prices, and based on responce/pre orders, order your stock man!

I hope mongreal does not ditch us with low class dvd like BOLLY HOLLY while r2/pal is fabulous!

Arsh, I was just pulling your leg. Infact because of you only I came to know about this product. Having these product do help, because some ppl say that you have very good collection. Also I didnt take any big quantity, so its fine. I am sure if ppl see the movie, they will buy the CD.

It's a very well-made film. In fact, among the best of films I saw in 2004.

I am in for this one - have been waiting for a long time to see it.

Any more info, pricing etc DU?

Kamosh Pani (Indian Versino) - 12.99 - not selling. doesnt play in all players. Region 5 DVD.

Silent Water (US Edition) - 21.99

Street Date for Silent Water is Sep 20th. I will have it only after that.

Thanks
Balaji

I would advice all to stay away from the Indian DVD release of 'Khamosh Paani' by Excel Home Videos, it is absolutely crap. The sound unlike what it says on the cover is Mono, with a very bad noise in the background throughtout the film. The picture is not Anamorphic/Enhanced for 16:9 and is presented in a cropped 16:9 ratio. The picture quality is also very bad. Overall I would rate the DVD as a 2 or 3 out of 10 at best.

Thanks for the warning!

Any DVD REVIEWS?

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Ali

bloody hell.. the one i recorded from Channel 4 on DVD last years looks 100 times better than this!!