By Meena Iyer (MUMBAI MIRROR; May 16, 2009)

Suno na.. ek nanhi aawaz Director: Amy Thanawala Actors: Tara Sharma, Dharmendra Gohil, Avinash Tiwary Rating : *

Suno na.. ek nanhi aawaz

The film revolves around an unwed mother, who wishes to end her life, till a little voice inside her (yes, the foetus’s) stops her from taking the drastic step.

Take a deep breath and hold it in for two hours. Suno na.. will knock you dead anyway. It’s one of the worst films you can be subjected to, and chances are if you inhale/exhale like the numerous pregnant women who keep popping up on the screen, you’ll only end up screaming for help. Hence that piece of advice – take a deep breath… and hold on. That way if you slip into coma, at least you’ll do it out of choice.

Director Amy Thanawala, assistant to Sanjay Leela Bhansali on Khamoshi and John Mathew Mathan on Sarfarosh, has her heart in the right place. She says she chose the subject of an unwed mother, who chooses to live life on her terms because it conveys progressive thinking. Fair enough.

But there it ends. The entire treatment of the film is regressive.

Anu (Tara Sharma – the most lifeless actress ever) is a small-town girl who gets pregnant before marriage. Her parents spurn her; ditto for the cad who gets her pregnant. Like in countless Hindi movies, just when Anu contemplates jumping off the cliff, her unborn child starts a dialogue with her and makes her see sense.

She packs her bags and moves to Mumbai More >