Its easier to stand on the present day and judge the event on the basis of right and wrong (of course staying within the limits of being politically correct). Khamosh Paani does a bit more than that. It goes back in time and attempts to point at the situations/ circumstances/ events where the seeds of terrorism & fundamentalism were sown by wily politicians in the garb of uniting the people to cleanse the nation. Khamosh Paani is an introspection and references to the Godzilla staring at everyones face today. Through the character of Veero/ Ayesha the director attempts to give a message that history is bound to repeat itself when the path of extremism is chosen.
Kiron Kher: Veero/ Ayesha has seen it before and its almost like a a deja vu should her son chooses to tread the path. The pain and anguish of the mother, yet being resilient to hold back the truth is well portrayed.
Aamir Ali Malik: He does a good job of donning various caps from a headless "lover-boy" chicken, metamorphosing into a purpose-filled jihaadi youth.
Shilpa Shukla: It took me a while to recollect this "Chak De" girl. Her character was merely "used" to show the ideology change in Saleem owing to which the there isn't much meat.
The built up of the events and narrative deserves brownie points. The prosake village life where everybody is living harmoniously like a family is depicted well and the initiation of the snail-paced transformation.
Sabiha Sumar has a story to tell and it does come with a bitter pill, therefore the viewpoint is open to debate. And the barrage of pot calling the kettle black starts - NOW!
