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Silence, Can You Hear It review: Manoj Bajpayee is the star of this entertaining murder mystery

Silence… can you hear it review: manoj bajpayee takes the lead in this zee5 police procedural as he solves a tricky murder..

Silence… Can You Hear It? movie cast: Manoj Bajpayee, Prachi Desai, Sahil Vaid, Arjun Mathur, Denzil Smith Silence… Can You Hear It? movie director: Aban Bharucha Deohans Silence… Can You Hear It? movie rating: 2 stars

A young woman’s body is found on a hillside on a trekking trail just outside Mumbai. Her head has been bashed in. She turns out the daughter of a retired judge, who has deep connections in the police force. What he wants is a cop he thinks is chockfull of integrity, and that’s what he gets. ACP Avinash Varma (Manoj Bajpayee) organises a team in quick order, and we are all set for murder mystery-cum-police procedural in Silence… Can You Hear It?

The victim had spent the last night of her life at the plush home of her friend and the friend’s husband (Arjun Mathur). Said friend is in a coma in hospital, the husband is a loud-mouthed, do-you-know-who-I-am boor. He’s constantly yelling and throwing his weight around, and is a good bet for the guy who did it.

A few other characters show up: a young couple who have been staying at the victim’s home as guests of the family, an elderly family retainer, an impatient top cop (Denzil Smith), and an assorted bunch of goons-cum-drug dealers.

This could have been a real humdinger, because the suspense is maintained right till the end. But it is marred by some glaring plot holes. Sexual activity on the part of the victim is ruled out, but then a potential rape is mentioned, and dropped just as summarily. Huh? The murder weapon doesn’t seem to have been checked for fingerprints: in a case dripping with lists of call records, and forensic teams busying themselves at crime scene. How is it that the weapon doesn’t come up before the script decides it is time, late into the proceedings?

What stands out in the film is the tight-knit trio which starts working in tandem to crack the case: time and effort has been spent in creating the team, and each has a distinct character. The star of the show, is of course, Bajpayee. He keeps the show on the road, cracking the whip on his team, heroically stopping the other end of a bullet, and never forgetting to use his grey cells. He also is a poet, coming up with such lines as: ‘har khamoshi mein zubaan nahin hoti’. Yes, we can hear it.

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Silence… Can You Hear It? is a thriller movie directed by Aban Bharucha Deohans and stars Manoj Bajpayee, Prachi Desai and Arjun Mathur.

Silence… Can You Hear It? is a nifty little whodunit that recently came out on Zee5. I am someone who thoroughly enjoys a thriller and the Manoj Bajpayee-starrer is quite charming, honestly. This isn’t to say the movie isn’t without its faults, mostly because it’s 2 hours 16 minutes long. But even with a runtime that is quite extensive, it flows effortlessly.

Silence starts off with a murder or, rather, its discovery. Pooja is the daughter of a retired judge and the latter will stop at nothing to find his daughter’s killer. Justice Chaudhury ropes in ACP Verma to take on the case, and the latter, with the help of his team, nab the culprit using his skills of deduction… and some good eyesight.

The film is an easy and entertaining watch and mostly keeps you inside a good loop. There are several people to consider and for the most part, Avinash, and we, focus on MLA Ravi Khanna, Kavita’s husband. Kavita is Pooja’s best friend. He’s arrogant and a nightmare to deal with and his brazen attitude makes him the perfect target in this case. As is the norm in a thriller, we always need a character that keeps us from figuring out the entire truth – Ravi is that here.

Anyway, Avinash, however, keeps his cards close to his chest and keeps on peeling the layers of the case. As he does so, he comes across more collaterals until he realises who killed Pooja – someone I, atleast, did not even consider. See, it’s great to give the audience a whammy and jealousy is mostly a good instigator. However, it somehow feels just a tiny bit lazy for me in Silence . That’s mostly because the movie builds up the hype with so many side characters and takes a lot of time introducing and going through them, just to come to a very common perpetrator.

Even with a perpetrator who doesn’t really satisfy, however, Silence works for me. That’s because of the cast. The movie mostly rests on Manoj Bajpayee’s shoulders and unlike the disaster that was Mrs. Serial Killer , he absolutely shines in this movie. I mostly enjoyed it because of him – Bajpayee is extremely convincing as the slightly eccentric Avinash Verma and is delightful to watch. So is Prachi Desai who is a breath of fresh air after so long away from the screen. It’s almost criminal that we don’t get to see her enough.

On the other hand, Silence has a lot of dry humour that works for me as well. The moments when the four cops bond with each other in between the more serious scenes are enjoyable and seem nice. However, there was this weird indication of something may or may not happening between Avinash and Sanjana (or maybe that’s just me overthinking) which was awkward to see. Additionally, the necessity of talking about Avinash’s broken marriage, too, was lost on me.

Summing up: Silence… Can You Hear It?

Silence… Can You Hear It? works, and only works, because of Bajpayee and the storyline that keeps the suspense held tight till the end. However, there are several plot holes, and evidence unchecked, that come up only when the script requires it, although it should’ve been the first thing to be looked into. The movie isn’t the best thing on the internet by a mile, but it’s still an entertaining watch and keeps you quite impressed till the end.

Silence… Can You Hear It? is streaming on Zee5 .

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