Khamoshiyan

By and large, I'm not a fan of Bollywood Cinema (don't like that term much either, Bollywood and not cinema, just to be clear). There are definitely a few good filmmakers in India whose films are worth watching. However, most of the dynastic studios keep churning out the same old mediocre trash in the name of filmmaking and Khamoshiyan from the Bhatt camp is a perfect example of this.

Against my better judgement, I decided to watch this film for two reasons. Namely, Ali Fazal and the gorgeous locales of South Africa. I caught a glimpse of the scenery in the trailer and having lived in that country till some years back, I was simply hoping to revisit it through this film if nothing else. Unfortunately, the very first shock came when they attempted to pass it all off as Kashmir (and Bombay in one scene) instead. Really, who in their right mind would want to do that? If Kashmir is what they wanted, the film could have been easily shot in India.

Coming to the film itself, it's a mind-numbing amalgamation of a confusing storyline coupled with average on-screen performances and terrible CGI. It tries to do too much, and as a result, manages to get it all bogged down instead. For What it's worth, the plot could have worked a lot better had it been developed the right way by some capable storytellers.

'Khamoshiyan' rides on a stunning premise, but what is eventually served, is under-whelming. The sole saving grace is its melodious music.

'Khamoshiyan' Synopsis: An erotic love triangle revolving around a writer adrift in the icy slopes of Kashmir where he discovers a woman with a strange, silent past.

The problem with 'Khamoshiyan' is its Screenplay Written by Vikram Bhatt. It's so confused between being an erotica and a horror/thriller, that it never achieves its aim. Despite a few spine-chilling moments in the first-hour, the second-hour is devoid of scares or thrills. How one wishes if Bhatt simply concentrated on just one particular genre.

Karan Darra's Direction is claustrophobic. Cinematography captures some moments well. Editing is fair. Music by Various Artists, is fabulous. Each & Every song is melodious.

Performance-Wise: Ali Faizal is earnest, but not memorable! Sapna Pabbi looks gorgeous, but is leaps away from being called an actress. Gurmeet Chaudhary hams. He's more funny, than being vicious.

On the whole, 'Khamoshiyan' is a great idea, gone wrong.

What on earth are these movie-makers thinking?!? Just put in few hot scenes with romantic songs and people will merrily watch the film with their mouths open? Forget about horror, this film glorifies the cheap mentality of Indian film makers. In fact I am the biggest fool to waste my time on these crap films. Horror genre is losing its hold day by day not only in Bollywood but also in Hollywood. I know it is difficult to bring up an entirely original horror story these days, but at least deliver a few scares (even jump scares would do).

Here a writer Kabir (Habib Faisal) goes into the wilderness of Jammu to write a novel. No prize for guessing that he stays in a creepy lakeside lodge. The lodge is managed by a single woman Meera (Sapna Pabbi) whose husband Jaidev(Gurmeet Chaudhary) is ill. Soon our writer starts experiencing spooky activities like seeing scary reflections in glass, opening doors, etc. which were more comedy than scary. The wheels wear off even before the ride begins. The suspense and reveal behind the scary events was hilarious. Actually number of times I laughed at the scary moments is more than the number of times I was scared. Not a single moment was scary. By the time we reached the climax ridiculed with pathetic CGI and absurd ho-hums I was least bothered.

With forced romance and songs (a few good ones thanks to Arijit Singh), Khamoshiyan is just another horrex film of Bollywood which I should not have bothered to watch. After the horrendous 'Alone' just a few weeks ago, we have another one in the same month. How desperate can these film-makers be? 2015 so far has been really pathetic for Bollywood with horrible duds like 'Tevar', 'Alone','Dolly ki Doli','Hawaizaada' and now 'Khamoshiyan'. Do yourself a favor and don't waste your time on this crap.

RATING: [0.5/5]

Horror part=1/10 Romantic part=1/10 Logical part=1/10 This movie is completely logic less from the ghost to the petrol pump shown as a jammu petrol pump.. this movie has no proper direction. acting of sapna pebby is too bad. Don't waste ur money by watching this ridiculous movie.... movie stats with a writer searching for a story and leaves for jammu which in real is cape town. there he meets meera and useless horror scenes tease you... with a butterfly scene a bedridden jaidev who is deciple of evil worship devil by cutting the head of a cock and drinking its blood. its completely a ridiculous story even i don't remember that crap... only three people in entire hall

Gave it a watch for the first time since it's release way bck in 2015, Khamoshiyan is a good horror romantic thriller with a decent n gripping 1st half with slow n unrealistic 2nd half(mostly during the end credits). Ali fazal acts well bt I felt tht for such kind of films some other actors would suit n mostly it's Emraan hashmi, Gurmeet Chaudhry ws decent and atleast wld say he suited the role he plays, Sapna paabi is Zero in terms of acting- her Hindi first of all is so damn accented n plus her Expressions also have no impact I really dnt understand wt the makers saw in her whilst casting. Overall the film is a decent one time thriller with some horror elements and gripping 1st half. I rate it a 6.3/10 starz.