Despite working off a script that borrows generously from the Drew Barrymore thriller Poison Ivy, Ram Gopal Varma makes it very clear he's back in form as he sinks his teeth into what is perhaps his first all-out emotional, character drama. Amitabh Bachchan plays the man in question, who finds himself falling for this brash, spoilt teenager who's showering him with the kind of attention he hasn't experienced before. In director Ram Gopal Varma's Nishabd,newcomer Jiah Khan plays an 18-year-old temptress who initiates and entices her classmate's 60-year-old father into a complex, inexplicable relationship while she's staying with the family at their hill-station home one summer. When a man falls in love with a girl of twenty, it isn't her youth he is seeking but his own. On the same note the character of the rest of the cast namely Revati, Shraddha, Nasser & Aftab are well written. Jiah Khan's character wasn't fleshed out adequately especially attempting to portray a product from a broken family goes astray on moral front. The audience had a serious disconnect on this front. Better writing and screenplay was warranted to convincingly flesh out the attraction between the pair in question. "Nishabd" is good in parts and at a few places it does not integrate with the spinal cord. Sadly all the goodness fails to make it a wholesome product. But RGV breaks away from the norm and makes it surreal.
There are many scenes as per the the conventional Bollywood rules could have dictated to be made as over-the-top.
The audience gets an opportunity to see the subtlety which Big B manages to portray on the screen. Every actor gives a calibrated performance. The single song Big B sings is good to listen thought doesn't blend in with the storyline. Kudos to Amit Roy showcasing his talent of holding the camera. "Nishabd" is a visual treat, you will fall in love with nature. "Nishabd" as it finally turned out to be wasn't anything RGV/ media/ audience wanted. And finally the audience oscillated between speculation and fantasising.
The provoked media in turn added fuel to the fire. RGV toyed with the media in an attempt to garner free publicity. "Nishabd" strictly speaking could have translated into the missing link between "Lolita" and "Cheeni Kum".
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