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{{Short description|2013 Indian Malayalam thriller film by V. K. Prakash}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2015}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Silence
| image = silence_malayalam.jpg
| caption = Theatrical-release poster
| director = [[V. K. Prakash]]
| producer = Afseena Saleem
| writer = [[YV Rajesh|Y. V. Rajesh]]
| narrator =
| starring = {{ubl
| [[Mammootty]]
| [[Anoop Menon]]
| [[Pallavi Purohit]]
| [[Joy Mathew]]
| Jayaprakash Kuloor
}}
| music = [[Ratheesh Vegha]]
| cinematography = [[Manoj Kumar Khatoi (cinematographer)|Manoj Kumar Khatoi]]
| editing = [[Mahesh Narayanan]]
| studio = Aysha Films
| distributor = Aysha Films
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2013|12|07}}
| runtime =
| country = India
| language = Malayalam
| budget =
| gross =
}}

'''''Silence''''', also known as '''''The Power of Silence''''', is a 2013 [[Malayalam]] [[thriller film]] directed by [[V. K. Prakash]] and starring [[Mammootty]], [[Anoop Menon]], Pallavi Purohit, [[Joy Mathew]] and Jayaprakash Kuloor.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/report/mammootys-silence-hits-the-screen-today-south/20131206.htm |title=Mammooty's Silence hits the screen today |access-date=14 December 2013 |archive-date=14 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131214185208/http://www.rediff.com/movies/report/mammootys-silence-hits-the-screen-today-south/20131206.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> The climax of the film is based on the 2011 South Korean courtroom thriller film ''[[The Client (2011 film)|The Client]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2015-09-23|title=Mammootty Starrer Silence copied from Korean movie The Client-Copycat Malayalam Movie-Onlookers Media|url=http://onlookersmedia.in/onlookerslive/copycat-malayalam-movies-2/attachment/vikramadithyan-2-days-collection-report-onlookers-media-912/|access-date=2021-06-01|website=onlookersmedia|language=en-US|archive-date=19 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419004218/https://onlookersmedia.in/onlookerslive/copycat-malayalam-movies-2/attachment/vikramadithyan-2-days-collection-report-onlookers-media-912/|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Plot==
Arvind Chandrasekhar, a very cunning lawyer is appointed judge in the [[Karnataka High Court]]. Happily living in Bangalore with his wife Sangeetha and their adorable children Arya and Aditya, the man has little to fret over. Before taking the oath, he visits his parents in [[Kerala]]. There he is harassed by threatening phone call from a veiled assailant who says he is not fit to be a judge. Arvind ignores the calls at first but things get serious when his wife and children face dangerous situations. The film narrates how he unveils the mystery with the help of his close friend Neil George, an IPS officer.

==Cast==
* [[Mammootty]] as [[Advocate]] Arvind Chandrasekhar, later [[Judge]]
* [[Anoop Menon]] as [[Deputy inspector general of police|DIG]] Neil George [[Indian Police Service|IPS]], [[Bangalore City Police]]
* [[Pallavi Purohit]] as Sangeetha
* [[Joy Mathew]] as Markos
* Jayaprakash Kuloor as the priest
* [[Aparna Nair]] as Liji
* [[Sudheer Karamana]] as [[Deputy superintendent of police|DYSP]] Sajan
* Romanch as Convict
* Basil Paulose as John
* Jinu Joy as Roy
* [[Ravi Vallathol]]
* [[Raghavan (actor)|Raghavan]]
* [[Prakash Bare]] as [[Superintendent of police (India)|Commissioner]]
* [[Sreelatha Namboothiri]]
* [[Balachandran Chullikad]]
* [[Shankar Ramakrishnan]]
* [[P. Balachandran]]
* Sneha Nambiar

==Critical reception==
Kiran Joseph JKV wrote in his review for ''[[Deccan Herald]]'': "Started off well, never even half done, this ''Silence'' fades into oblivion, silently."<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/374459/a-silent-killer-enthusiasm.html |title=A silent killer of enthusiasm |access-date=14 December 2013 |archive-date=14 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131214080412/http://www.deccanherald.com/content/374459/a-silent-killer-enthusiasm.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Ajin Krishna of [[Oneindia.in]] rated the film 2/5 and said, "''Silence'' fails to impress the viewers as a thriller flick, which is the basic purpose of such movies."<ref>{{Cite web |first1=Ajin |last1=Krishna |work=[[One India]] |url=https://www.filmibeat.com/malayalam/reviews/2013/silence-movie-review-126631.html |title=Silence Movie Review – Fails To Impress As A Thriller! |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213132528/http://entertainment.oneindia.in/malayalam/reviews/2013/silence-movie-review-126631.html |archive-date=13 December 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref> Paresh C Palicha of [[Rediff.com]] rated the film 2.5/5 and said, "Silence is the first attempt at serious film making from the writer-director team of Y V Rajesh and V K Prakash after low-brow comedies such as ''Gulumaal'' and ''Three Kings''. It is notches above the previous attempts and highly watchable." However the reviewer felt that the film "borrows heavily from the Richard Gere starrer, ''[[Primal Fear (film)|Primal Fear]]'' (1996)."<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/review/review-mammoottys-silence-is-worth-a-watch-south/20131209.htm |title=Review: Mammootty's Silence is worth a watch |access-date=14 December 2013 |archive-date=14 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131214080140/http://www.rediff.com/movies/review/review-mammoottys-silence-is-worth-a-watch-south/20131209.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{V. K. Prakash}}

[[Category:2013 films]]
[[Category:2013 Malayalam-language films]]
[[Category:Indian legal thriller films]]
[[Category:2010s legal thriller films]]
[[Category:Indian courtroom films]]
[[Category:Films about lawyers]]
[[Category:Films directed by V. K. Prakash]]
[[Category:Indian remakes of South Korean films]]
[[Category:Indian crime thriller films]]
[[Category:Indian crime drama films]]

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