AKA Silent Waters. Story of a the emotional trauma of a mother as she sees her son -- and a country -- descend into fundamentalism. The subject of partition is close to heart and therefore appealing. The movie is also well made and we enjoyed watching it. But I think the subject and events are lot more powerful then the making.
The one I watched has a short interview of the lead actress Kirron Kher in the beginning where she says the director Sabiha Sumar is a Pakistani, married to Sri-Lankan, living in Delhi. Talk about regional integration.
The story reminds one of Pinjar, Punjabi girl left behind in Pakistan during partition marries a Muslim and converts to Islam. But the stress is on the woman's emotions in Pinjar while the political implication in Khamosh Pani. Though the making is better here too, I think I enjoyed Pinjar a lot more, probably because I was hearing Amrita Pritam's writing instead of the Dwivedi guy's making.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0357283/. 6/10
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