Nishabd (2007)

Nishabd is a 2007 Bollywood movie directed by Ram Gopal Varma, starring Amitabh Bachchan and Jiah Khan inspired from Poison Ivy (film) (1992).Vijay lives a wealthy lifestyle in India along with his wife, Amrita, to who he has been married to for 27 years, and a daughter, Ritu, who is now 18 years of age. The family has a vast estate, where Vijay likes to trek around indulging in his sole passion Рphotography. Amrita, who was an accomplished Kuchipudi dancer, she even won two gold medals, gave up her passion to look after the family.This holiday, Ritu brought along a friend, Jia, to this household. Jia, quite childish, now lives with her divorc̩e mom in Brisbane, Australia, resents her lifestyle, especially after her mom started living with another man.

When Rita sprains her ankle, both Vijay and Jia are thrown into each other’s company. Amrita notices that Vijay suddenly starts singing to himself, then bursting into uncontrollable fits of laughter. Then all of a sudden, Ritu asks Jia to leave the household, but is prevented by Vijay. Things spiral out of control when Amrita’s brother, Shridhar, arrives for a short visit, and finds out that Vijay and Jia have pledged their love for each other. Watch the impact this news has on Amrita. The family is still in pieces after Jia’s departure. Ritu leaves for America and Amrita is unable to forgiveher husband. We see Vijay reliving his moments with Jia all the time. He drives for hours and finally stands on top of cliff ready to jump. But then he remembers his moments with Jia and returns home.Shridhar asks Vijay where he had gone and Vijay tells him he had gone to die. The film ends with his conversation with Shridhar saying that he is not scared of death. He says he has nothing left to live for, no wife, no daughter, no Jia. But he came back as he wants to live for a while with Jia’s memory; that’s all.

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