Original name: Widow of Silence
English name: Widow of Silence
Year: 2018
Run time: 85 minutes
Language: Urdu / Hindi
Type (Colour/ Black & white):Colour
Country: India
Director: Praveen Morchhale
Producer: Praveen Morchhale
Cast: ShilpiMarwaha, Ajay Chourey, Bilal Ahmad, Noorjahan
Screenplay: Praveen Morchhale
Cinematographer: Mohammad Reza Jahanpanah
Editor: Anthony Joseph
Sound Designer: Sanal George
Costume Designer: Nikita Shah
Production Designer: Nikita Shah
Production Company: Barefoot Pictures
World Sales: Oration Films, Los Angeles
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ICFT-UNESCO Gandhi Medal 2018and National Film Award 2018 winner filmmaker, Praveen Morchhale was born in Central India. Critics hail him as a new wave Indian cinema filmmaker and he is known for his poetic and subtle cinema.
After few years of making short films and theatre working as a director, Praveen Morchhale achieved recognition with his debut film debut feature “Barefoot to Goa”. Critics hail him as a new wave Indian cinema filmmaker and he is known for his poetic and subtle cinema.
In Kashmir, a Muslim half-widow, viz a woman whose husband who has disappeared, finds herself, her 11 year old daughter and ill mother-in-law in a crisis when she attempts to get her missing husband’s death certificate from the government. Now she will have to find the strength to come out from an unthinkable and absurd situation. This leads family’s quite life into a mammoth turmoil.