Nishabdam Review: Only Disappointment

Anushka, Madhavan, Anjali, and Shalini Pandey starring in prominent roles, Nishabdham premiered on Amazon Prime Video today, which is touted to be a suspense thriller set in the background of USA, the movie has debutante HemantMadhukar at the direction. Let us see the review of the film.

Cast Anushka Shetty, Madhavan, Anjali

Director Hemant Madhukar

Producer TG Vishwa Prasad

MusicGirishh G. and GopiSundar

Release 2nd October 2020

Story:

Sakshi (Anushka Shetty), a deaf and mute artist, and Anthony (Madhavan), a musician are engaged and the couple go on a trip together and in the process, they visit a haunted house in search of a painting. Madhavan is mysteriously killed in this haunted house and everyone believes Josephine Wood, a haunted spirit is behind this killing and Crime detective Maha(Anjali) starts interrogation and starts digging deep.

Through the course of her investigation, she discovers the set of mysteries that are interlaced with the incident. What are those? What does a girl who goes missing in Seattle have to do with all this mysteries? The answers to these questions form the remaining story of the movie.

Performances

The movie has an ensemble star cast and all of them perform to the best. Anushka as a mute artist is a class act and she shoulders the movie with great composure, on the other hand, Madhavan excels in the role of a musician and he shows multiple shades. Michael Madsen and Anjali as investigative officers suit best in their roles. Shalini Pandey, Subbaraj, Avasarala Srinivas, and the remaining cast deliver best performances.

Off-screen talents

The movie follows the same old format that is usually seen in crime thrillers like planting few suspects and then pointing the finger towards someone else. This is a tried and tested formula and the film also follows the exact same path. Kona Venkat tried to infuse the story with multiple twists, which are predictable. Debut director HemantMadhukar succeeds in getting the best out of his actors but fails to narrate the plot in a gripping manner.

Cinematography and music are perfect. Gopi Sundar’s background score is good and Pravin Pudi, the editor could have chopped off some portion to make the movie crispier.

What’s good?

Anushka’s performance

Supporting artists

What’s bad?

Story

No thrills

Bland narration

Uneven opening sequence

Poor climax

Overall Verdict:

The opening sequences of the film suggest that it is a horror thriller but follows is completely different story altogether. Anushka is a standout performer and after watching the movie, one would wonder why she accepted a story like this. The film, Nishabdham adds to the list of boring movies which have gone the OTT way since the imposition of lock-down.