Khamoshi (1969)

User Rating:

8.8/10   

Director:

Asit Sen

Writers:

Gulzar (dialogue)
Ashutosh Mukherjee (story)

Genre:

Musical | Romance | Family

Plot:

Colonel Saab is also a doctor in a psychiatric hospital in India. His particular interest is in treating patients with a acute mania...

Plot Keywords:

Remake | Tragedy | Melodrama

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Rajesh Khanna	...	Mr. Arun Choudhury (Patient #24)
Waheeda Rehman	...	Nurse Radha
Nasir Hussain	...	Dr. Colonel Saab
Snehlata	...	Sulekha (Aruna's girlfriend)
Iftekhar	...	Doctor
Lalita Pawar	...	Matron
Deven Verma	...	Patient #22
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Bhudo Advani
Brahm Bhardwaj
Dharmendra	...	Mr. Dev (Patient #24) (Guest Appearance)
Tarun Ghosh
Anwar Hussain	...	Biharilal Gupta
Praveen Paul
Polson	...	Patient

Runtime:

127 min

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Color:

Black and White

Sound Mix:

Mono

Company:

Geetanjali Pictures

Movie Connections:

Remake of Deep Jweley Jai (1959)

Soundtrack:

Hum ne dekhi hai un Ankhon ki mehekti khushboo

A Spellbinding classic to be remembered...

A powerful insight into the strain put on a nurse (Waheeda Rehman) as she uses 'experimental' treatment methods to save a patient from tumbling into the abyss of madness using trust, dedication & affection as her only tools she combats desperation, paranoia, & animosity. Her patient unable to express his feelings to a woman who mistreated him by lulling him into web of deceit, where she uses him for his talents then discards him. The nurse tries in vain to convince the woman responsible for the affliction her patient suffers from that she is needed for his rehabilitation only to be admonished by the head of the hospital saying that she cannot solve societies problems even though society seems to be responsible for the constant stream of patients the hospital receives. This draws her down a spiralling staircase of depression as she is told to forget/deny her true feelings for a patient under her treatment which ultimately leads to her demise as she remains forced into silence (Khamoshi) instead of venting the emotions that she feels for the man that she loves...

An exquisite soundtrack from Hemant Kumar (composer & producer) along with songs such as Tum pukar lo.. (Hemant Kumar & Kishore Kumar) & Woh shaam kuch ajeeb thi (Kishore Kumar) make this film an enduring classic which stands the test of time.