Banner: Hans Production & Reality Films
Producer: Mahesh Bhatt & Kamal Birani
Director: Mahesh Bhatt
Star Cast: Maanuv Bharadwaj, Priyanka Panchal, Mann Bagga, Simran Deep, Nirmal Kumar Pant and other real life heroes
Music: Rahul Mishra & Aashish Jha
First things first the debutante director Mahesh Bhatt of The Silent Heroes should not be confused with our erstwhile director Mahesh Bhatt of the Bhatt Empire. The present director Mahesh Bhatt of The Silent Heroes is a journalist turned debutante director. He deserves all kudos for making such a beautiful and sensitive film about people who are battling with their life with all their physical deformity & physical disability intact. And another plus point of The Silent Heroes is that it was shot at the beautiful locales of the Himalayan Mountains Of Uttarkhand.
So The Silent Heroes is an adventure drama movie following the story of 13 real life deaf children. In fact The Silent Heroes showcases the fictional story of 13 deaf children from a school in Uttarkhand who want to work on something which will bring them respect and the world will look up to them. This school is run by 2 teachers who feel that if these children become mountaineers then their dream to rise high above everyone will be realised, after all mountaineering is a difficult sport and attempting the same with deaf children is a much bigger challenge. So the children and their families get excited about this and want to pursue this dream but they need someone to train them and believe in their nearest impossible dream. The rest of the story is of their trainer and his haunting past which compels him to help them, then follows their rigorous training and unfolding events in the Himalaya and rejections by other trainers, their final expedition and then extreme weather and challenges during this expedition with an unexpected & extremely thrilling climax to this expedition and their dream journey through the mountains.
Hats off to the producers team of Kamal Birani & Mahesh Bhatt, who incidentally also doubles up as a director, for making such a courageous & awe inspiring film The Silent Heroes minus all the commercial trappings is especially made to boost up the morale and lift up the spirit of the global disabled people. The credit should also be given to the entire cast & crew for being part of such a brilliant film like The Silent Heroes.
Performance wise all the actors like Maanuv Bharadwaj, Priyanka Panchal, Mann Bagga, Simran Deep, Nirmal Kumar Pant etc and even the real life characters are brilliantly outstanding.
Tail Piece: The Silent Heroes is certainly a not to be missed film at any cost. But how many real takers are there of such good films as most of the audiences are too fond of the regular masala films which are full of naach gaanas & dishoom dishoom.