R Madhavan’s ‘Nishadham’ was supposed to be a silent film initially

Actor R Madhavan  in an interview speaks about his upcoming  release Nishabdham. He says that initially this movie was decide to be a silent feature ensuring that it caters to audiences without any language barrier.  He further said that the idea had to be dropped as the team felt that the thriller elements of the story were being compromised.

“This movie was initially supposed to be a silent film. No dialogues. That was how it was conceived initially. So I thought that since it is a silent film, it will appeal to all audiences. It didn’t have to be defined as a multilingual feature.

“But later on, we realised that we were not able to do justice with the story because there were some places where we needed dialogues to make the story clearer. That’s when we decided to make it in Telugu, Tamil and Malayalam,” said the 50 year old actor in an interview.

The film is directed by Hemant Madhukar and features Anushka Shetty opposite R. Madhavan. Nishabdam is a story about a speech and hearing impaired artist, named Sakshi (played by Anushka Shetty), who unexpectedly witnesses a tragic incident that occurs in a haunted villa and therefore gets entangled in a criminal investigation. The movie will be premiering today on Amazon Prime Video.