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{{Short description|2015 Hindi film directed by Karan Darra}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Khamoshiyan
| image = Khamoshiyan.Jpg
| alt =
| caption = Movie Poster
| director = Karan Darra
| producer = [[Mahesh Bhatt]] '''(Presenter)''' [[Mukesh Bhatt]]
| writer = [[Vikram Bhatt]]
| starring = [[Ali Fazal]] [[Sapna Pabbi]] [[Gurmeet Choudhary]]
| music = '''Songs:''' [[Jeet Gannguli]] [[Ankit Tiwari]] Bobby Imraan Navad Zafar '''Background Score:''' [[Raju Singh]]
| cinematography = Nigam Bomzan
| editing = Kuldip K. Mehan
| studio = [[Vishesh Films]]
| distributor = [[Fox Star Studios]]
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2015|01|30|ref1=<ref name="release">{{cite web |url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/moviemicro/cast/id/742666 |title=Khamoshiyaan (2015) |publisher=[[Bollywood Hungama]] |date= |accessdate=30 June 2014}}</ref>}}
| runtime = 122 minutes
| country =India
| language = [[Hindi]]
| budget = 
| gross = {{Estimation}} {{INRconvert|19.50|c}}<ref>[http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/box-office/special-features/id/441 Box Office: Badlapur is the highest grossing 'adult' film of 2015]. Bollywoodhungama.com. Retrieved on 10 July 2015.</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.koimoi.com/box-office-bollywood-films-of-2015/ |title=Box-Office Verdicts Of Major Bollywood Releases Of 2015 |publisher=Koimoi|url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150511221307/http://www.koimoi.com/box-office-bollywood-films-of-2015/ |archivedate=11 May 2015}}</ref>
}}

'''''Khamoshiyan''''' (styled as '''''KHAMOSHIYAN''''': Silences Have Secrets) ({{translation|Silences}}) is a 2015 Indian [[romantic thriller]] [[horror film]], written by [[Vikram Bhatt]] and directed by debutant, Karan Darra. [[Mahesh Bhatt]] and [[Mukesh Bhatt]] produced the film in association with [[Vishesh Films]].

The film stars [[Gurmeet Choudhary]], [[Ali Fazal]] and [[Sapna Pabbi]] in lead roles. Initially, the film was scheduled for release on 23 January 2015 but was postponed to 30 January 2015. According to Box Office India the film was declared "Average".<ref name="release date">{{cite web |url=http://www.mumbaimirror.com/entertainment/bollywood/Bhatts-take-on-Akki/articleshow/44903967.cms |publisher=Mumbai Mirror |title=Bhatts take on Akki |date=22 October 2014 |accessdate=22 October 2014}}</ref>

==Plot==
Kabir Walia ([[Ali Fazal]]) is a novelist whose failed career and relationship with Simran ([[Debina Bonnerjee]]) make him to move to [[Kashmir]] in search of an inspirational story. During his journey, he stops at a guesthouse run by the beautiful but mysterious Meera Sharma Dhanrajgir ([[Sapna Pabbi]]). Meera is married to Jaidev Dhanrajgir ([[Gurmeet Chaudhary]]), an ill man confined to his bed. On his first night there, Kabir sees strange apparitions. He becomes attracted to Meera and finds out that she has not left the house for two years.

Kabir, now in love with her, tries to take her away from the house. While driving away, an evil force comes before their car and they meet with an accident. Curious, Kabir calls a ''tantrik,'' who discovers an evil spirit in the house. He claims that the spirit is of Jaidev, who is actually dead. Realization dawns upon Kabir, and he recalls Meera speaking on the phone in a man's voice and never seeing Jaidev in person. He sneaks into Jaidev's room, only to find Jaidev sleeping. Furious with Kabir, Meera tells him to leave.

Kabir returns to apologise to Meera and writes a love poem for her; she reads it and suddenly kisses him, showing that she is in love with him. She reveals that she was involved in a [[hit and run]] case two years ago and to evade imprisonment, ran away to a small town in Kashmir, where she met Jaidev , a rich industrialist. They fell in love and got married. One night, she saw him performing a ritual slaughter and praying to the devil. Scared and shocked, she tried to run away but was caught by him; in a struggle to stop her, Jaidev fell from the balcony and was paralyzed below the waist. He later committed suicide and left a letter for Meera, stating that she will have to live in the house forever with his soul, and if she ever tried to run away, his lawyer was instructed to open a letter which will detail that Meera has killed him and was the culprit in the hit and run. Thus, she stays in the house with Jaidev's soul and deludes the world into thinking her husband is still alive.

Kabir decides to steal the letter from the lawyer's office; however, he finds that there is no lawyer – Jaidev was bluffing. After this, the two plan to set Jaidev's spirit to rest. While they cremate his body, a painting of Jaidev smiles sadistically. He returns to haunt Meera and captures her in the painting. Kabir goes to the ''tantrik'' for help, who, it turns out, is also a spirit. The ''tantrik'' tells Kabir that the painting is a portal to the world of spirits and gives Kabir holy water. After a deadly struggle involving a butterfly and paintings of wolves, Kabir drinks a drop of Jaidev's blood to get Jaidev's spirit to enter his body. He then drinks holy water, which makes Jaidev's evil spirit perish, setting Meera free.

Kabir is shown at a book launch for ''Khamoshiyan'', his latest novel. Meera is also at the party but the two leave to spend some time alone together.

==Cast==
* [[Sapna Pabbi]] as Meera Sharma Dhanrajgir, a beautiful but mysterious lady who runs a hotel in South Africa. She lives a lonely and worthless life as Jaidev's Widow until she meets Kabir and falls in love with him.
* [[Ali Fazal]] as Kabir Walia, a lonely novelist who searches for an inspiring story; meets Meera and falls in love with her. He vows to protect her from the evil spirit.
* [[Gurmeet Choudhary]] as Jaidev Dhanrajgir, Meera's devil worshipping husband, who bonds her even after his death as an evil spirit.
* [[Vikram Bhatt]] as Kabir's editor/friend
* [[Debina Bonnerjee]] as Simran, Kabir's ex-girlfriend
*Vinod Rawat as the good spirit

==Production==

===Development===
The main cast of [[Gurmeet Choudhary]], [[Ali Fazal]] and [[Sapna Pabbi]] was finalized in mid-2014.<ref name="release"/> In May 2014, it was reported that [[Gurmeet Choudhary]] will be playing a negative role in the film.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/news/type/view/id/2513973 |publisher=[[Bollywood Hungama]] |title=Gurmeet to play negative role in Vishesh Films' Khamoshiyaan |date=31 May 2014 |accessdate=23 October 2014}}</ref> In June 2014, actress Sapna Pabbi signed a three-film deal with [[Vishesh Films]] and committed to work on the film as her first movie of the contract.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/news/type/view/id/2555400 |publisher=[[Bollywood Hungama]] |title=Sapna Pabbi signs three film deal with Bhatts |date=17 June 2014 |accessdate=23 October 2014}}</ref> In an interview, Fazal stated that he plays a romantic writer with grey shades in the film.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-no-more-women-oriented-films-2026105 |publisher=DNA India |title=No more women-oriented films! |date=15 October 2014 |accessdate=18 October 2014}}</ref> Producer [[Mahesh Bhatt]] in an interview said "With a recipe of great music, state-of-art digital effects and a love story that brings back the intrigue of Mahal, it will repackage and raise the bar for the [[Horror film|horror genre]] in [[Bollywood]]".<ref name="plot">{{cite web |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Mahurat-of-debutant-director-Karan-Daras-Khamoshiyan/articleshow/36280821.cms |publisher=[[Times Of India]] |title=Mahurat of debutant director Karan Dara's Khamoshiyan |date=9 June 2014 |accessdate=18 October 2014}}</ref> Bhatt further added that the film has the potential of becoming a franchise. [[Ankit Tiwari]] was hired to compose the film's music.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/lifestyle/interview-latest-musical-sensation-ankit-tiwari-on-what-matters-most-to-him-2012074 |publisher=DNA India |title=Latest musical sensation Ankit Tiwari on what matters most to him |date=20 August 2014 |accessdate=18 October 2014}}</ref>

=== Filming ===
The shoot of the film's first schedule began on 5 June 2014<ref name="shoot">{{cite web |url=http://www.glamsham.com/movies/scoops/14/jun/05-news-gurmeet-choudharys-khamoshiyan-goes-on-floors-on-mukesh-bhatts-birthday-today-061406.asp |publisher=Glamsham |title=Gurmeet Choudhary's Khamoshiyan goes on-floors on Mukesh Bhatt's birthday today |date=5 June 2014 |accessdate=18 October 2014}}</ref> and ended in August 2014.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Ali-Fazals-mother-sends-him-tabeez/articleshow/42393850.cms |publisher=[[Times Of India]] |title=Ali Fazal's mother sends him 'tabeez' |date=13 September 2014 |accessdate=18 October 2014}}</ref> Shooting for the film's second schedule took place in [[Kashmir]] in September 2014 for 15 days.<ref name="filming">{{cite web |url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/features/type/view/id/6825 |publisher=[[Bollywood Hungama]] |title=Ali Fazal balances Bobby Jasoos and Khamoshiyan |date=15 July 2014 |accessdate=18 October 2014}}</ref> Due to a high flood in Kashmir, the producers had to shift the shoot to [[South Africa]], as a replacement for Kashmir.<ref name="Kashmir">{{cite web |url=http://www.asianage.com/bollywood/missing-kashmir-775 |publisher=Asianage |title=Missing Kashmir |date=14 October 2014 |accessdate=18 October 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141018123726/http://www.asianage.com/bollywood/missing-kashmir-775 |archivedate=18 October 2014}}</ref> On 21 October 2014, filming took place in [[Cape Town]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mid-day.com/articles/these-bollywood-stars-will-miss-out-on-diwali-festivities/15702182 |work=Mid-Day |title=These Bollywood stars will miss out on Diwali festivities |date=23 October 2014 |accessdate=23 October 2014}}</ref> The pre-climax was filmed at the forests of Legacy Estates in Cape Town.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/TheVikramBhatt/status/524536089135292416 |publisher=[[Twitter]] |title=Vikram Bhatt 21 October Status Update |date=21 October 2014 |accessdate=23 October 2014}}</ref>

=== Marketing ===
A video was created to announce the launch date of a trailer of Khamoshiyan. It was uploaded on the video sharing platform, YouTube.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Khamoshiyan-cast-announces-trailer-launch-date-in-a-video/articleshow/45455105.cms |work=[[The Times of India]] |title=Khamoshiyan cast announces trailer launch date in a video |date=10 December 2014 |accessdate=30 December 2014}}</ref> The video only featured background music and was used to introduce the characters, unveil the logo and the tagline.<ref name="VLuvBollywood.com">{{cite news |url=http://vluvbollywood.com/brilliant-marketing-for-khamoshiyan/ |publisher=VLuvBollywood.com |title=Brilliant marketing for Khamoshiyan |date=30 December 2014 |accessdate=30 December 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141230204507/http://vluvbollywood.com/brilliant-marketing-for-khamoshiyan/ |archivedate=30 December 2014}}</ref> The film's music launch was held in a venue below ground level, making it the first underground music launch event for a Hindi film.<ref name="VLuvBollywood.com"/>

The filmmakers also announced the launch of a novel and a video game. The novel will feature the story of Khamoshiyan and two other stories penned by [[Vikram Bhatt]] – [[1920 (film)|1920]] and [[1920: Evil Returns]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Vikram-Bhatts-Khamoshiyan-now-a-novel/articleshow/45613853.cms |work=[[The Times of India]] |title=Vikram Bhatt's Khamoshiyan now a novel! |date=23 December 2014 |accessdate=30 December 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=THREE MOVIES BY VIKRAM BHATT WILL BE COMPILED IN TO A NOVEL |url=http://vluvbollywood.com/three-movies-by-vikram-bhatt-will-be-compiled-in-to-a-novel/ |date=24 December 2014 |publisher=VLuvBollywood.com |accessdate=25 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141224210008/http://vluvbollywood.com/three-movies-by-vikram-bhatt-will-be-compiled-in-to-a-novel/ |archive-date=24 December 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref> On the other hand, the video game will feature different characters who will all unveil a dark secret and tell a different story as the player advances.<ref name="VLuvBollywood.com"/>

==Soundtrack==
{{Infobox album
| name = Khamoshiyan
| type = Soundtrack
| longtype = to Khamoshiyan
| artist = {{unbulleted list|[[Jeet Gannguli]]|[[Ankit Tiwari]]|Naved Jafar|Bobby-Imran}}
| cover =
| alt =
| caption = Soundtrack cover
| released = {{Start date|df=yes|2014|12|26}}
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Film Soundtrack|Feature Film Soundtrack]]
| length = {{Duration|m=47|s=09}}
| label = [[Sony Music India|Sony Music]]
| producer = [[Mahesh Bhatt]] '''(Presenter)''' [[Mukesh Bhatt]]
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title =
| next_year =
}}
The soundtrack of Khamoshiyan was composed by [[Ankit Tiwari]], [[Jeet Gannguli]], Navad Zafar & Bobby Imraan.<ref name="jog">{{cite web |url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/report/music-review-khamoshiyan-is-a-good-listen/20150110.htm |title=Music review:Khamoshiyan is a good listen |accessdate=21 June 2017}}</ref><ref name="toi">{{cite web |url=http://m.timesofindia.com/entertainment/hindi/music/music-reviews/Khamoshiyan/articleshow/45809819.cms |title=Times of India Khamoshiyan review |author=Kasmin Fernandes |publisher=Times of India |accessdate=9 July 2017}}</ref> The lyrics for the soundtrack were penned by [[Rashmi Virag|Rashmi Singh]] and [[Sayeed Quadri]].

The first single from the album, "Khamoshiyan", composed by [[Jeet Gannguli]] and crooned by [[Arijit Singh]] was released on 10 December 2014. The second single from the album, "Tu Har Lamha", composed by Bobby Imraan and sung by [[Arijit Singh]], was released on 19 December 2014.

Additionally, the filmmakers purchased the rights to the song "Aayega Aane Wala" from the film ''[[Mahal (1949 film)|Mahal]]'' (1949).<ref>[http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/mahals-song-aayega-aane-wala-returns-to-haunt-in-khamoshiyan/1/413297.html Mahal's song Aayega Aane Wala returns to haunt in Khamoshiyan]. ''India Today''. 14 January 2015</ref>

The song "Beegh Loon" was Sung by [[Prakriti Kakar]] to Describe Meera and Jaidev's Love Story and how they Got Married.

===Track listing===
{{track listing
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| total_length = {{Duration|m=47|s=09}}
| title1 = Khamoshiyan
| note1 = Title Track
| extra1 = [[Arijit Singh]]
| music1 = [[Jeet Gannguli]]
| lyrics1 = [[Rashmi Virag|Rashmi Singh]]
| length1 = 5:30
| title2 = Tu Har Lamha
| extra2 = Arijit Singh
| music2 = Bobby-Imran, Rajdeep Mukherjee
| lyrics2 = [[Sayeed Quadri]]
| length2 = 4:32
| title3 = [[Baatein Ye Kabhi Na]]
| note3 = Male
| extra3 = Arijit Singh
| lyrics3 = Sayeed Quadri
| music3 = Jeet Gannguli
| length3 = 4:49
| title4 = Kya Khoya
| extra4 = Naved Jafar
| lyrics4 = Rashmi Singh
| music4 = Naved Jafar
| length4 = 5:28
| title5 = Baatein Ye Kabhi Na
| note5 = Female
| extra5 = [[Palak Muchhal]]
| lyrics5 = Sayeed Quadri
| music5 = Jeet Gannguli
| length5 = 4:49
| title6 = Subhan Allah
| extra6 = Anupam Amod, Imran Ali
| music6 =Bobby-Imran
| lyrics6 = Sayeed Quadri
| length6 = 4:31
| title7 = Bheegh Loon
| note7 = Male
| extra7 = Ankit Tiwari
| music7 = [[Ankit Tiwari]]
| lyrics7 = Abhendra Kumar Upadhyay
| length7 = 4:07
| title8 = Bheegh Loon
| note8 = Female
| extra8 = [[Prakriti Kakar]]
| lyrics8 = Abhendra Kumar Upadhyay
| music8 = Ankit Tiwari
| length8 = 4:07
| title9 = Khamoshiyan
| note9 = Unplugged
| extra9 = Arijit Singh
| music9 = Jeet Gannguli
| lyrics9 = Rashmi Singh
| length9 = 2:30
| title10 = Tu Har Lamha
| note10 = Remix
| extra10 = Arijit Singh, DJ Angel
| music10 = Bobby-Imran
| lyrics10 = Sayeed Quadri
| length10 = 4:18
| title11 = Bheegh Loon
| note11 = Female – Remix
| extra11 = Prakriti Kakar, DJ Angel
| lyrics11 = Abhendra Kumar Upadhyay
| music11 = Ankit Tiwari
| length11 = 3:15
| title12 = Khamoshiyan
| note12 = Mashup
| extra12 = DJ Angel
| length12 = 2:18
| title13 = Khamoshiyan
| note13 = Female
| extra13 = Amika Shail
| music13 = Jeet Gannguli
| lyrics13 = Rashmi Singh
| length13 = 2:58
}}

===Critical response to soundtrack===
Rediff.com wrote,

The album gets off to a superb start with the man for all seasons, Arijit Singh's title song Khamoshiyan. This romantic song has a pleasant feel and maintains a good pace throughout.<ref name="jog"/>

The rendition of "Tu Har Lamha" is heartfelt and the lyrics are simple yet effective. Tu Har Lamha is a winner in both its original as well as remix version.
<ref name="jog"/>

Baatein Ye Kabhi Na reminds of one of the songs in Aashiqui 2, with its themes of love, separation and longing.<ref name="jog"/>

Komoi in its review wrote,
The title track of ‘Khamoshiyan‘ sung by Arijit Singh is a beautiful composition. This is slow and with its lyrics, the song is quite a treat. Jeet Ganguly and Arijit Singh create this spell-binding number with full charm. The song's momentum picks up slowly and is a soft rock number. This is one of the best songs from the album.<ref name="ko">{{cite web |url=http://www.koimoi.com/bollywood-movies/music-reviews/khamoshiyan-music-review/ |title=Komoi Khamoshiyan music review|access-date=21 June 2017}}</ref>

==Critical response==
Shakti Shetty of ''Mid-Day.com'' noted similarities between ''Khamoshiyan'' and Alfred Hitchcock's ''[[Psycho (1960 film)|Psycho]]'' and Robert Zemeckis' ''[[What Lies Beneath]]'', but commented, "the Indianisation doesn't really come out great."<ref name=MidDay1>{{cite news |title='Khamoshiyan' – Movie review |url=http://www.mid-day.com/articles/khamoshiyan---movie-review/15952169 |accessdate=31 January 2015 |issue=Mid-day.com |publisher=[[Mid-Day]]}}</ref> On the story's pacing, Shetty wrote, "If the first half was building up tension with sub-plots of mysteries, the second half does a tedious job of chronicling what happened in the past."<ref name=MidDay1 />

==Awards and nominations==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Award
! Category
! Recipients and nominees
! Result
! Ref.
|-
| [[8th Mirchi Music Awards]]
| Best Song Engineer (Recording & Mixing)
| Pankaj Borah & [[Eric Pillai]] – "Khamoshiyan"
| {{nom}}
|<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mirchimusicawards.com/hindi-2015/Nomination/ |title=MMA Mirchi Music Awards |website=MMAMirchiMusicAwards|access-date=25 March 2018}}</ref>
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==

* {{IMDb title|tt3886444}}
* {{BH movie|khamoshiyan-2}}

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