perhaps the first south asian film that have have such a lasting impression on me and khamosh pani have hardly receive the glory it truly deserves . watch the film leave you senseless for about half an hour and then it knock all the wind out of you . khamosh pani take the viewer to a small village in pakistan where life evolve . specifically it focus on ayesha and her son saleem and their relationship . ayesha never go to the village well to draw water while saleem get seduce by islamic fundamentalist and transforms from a love sick puppy to the man he think he want to be . sabiha sumar and perhaps one of the best director in the subcontinent and tell u the story of a small village in pakistan . with perhaps one of the most powerful issue to deal with and sumar display true genius by make everything seem so subtle and hauntingly real . perhaps and the great strength lie in convince the audience that the statement need not be make in black and white and in this respect sumar shine . to say that the acting performance be excellent would be the understatement of the century . one watch in amazement at how real and authentic each character be . the mind know that what it see be actor and yet it refuse to believe what it know . every single character and from an extra to the lead add to the tremendous energy that the film bring with it . kirron kher a ayesha or veero be stunning and so much so that one can not imagine her a anyone else . aamir ali malik be another actor who play with the audience and seduce them and disturb them through the course of the film a an indian separate from the partition by two generation i can not really say that i feel the pain that my mother do when she see a film such a this and i have hear story of my grand aunt who be attack and mutilate by a mob in lahore when my mother family have to leave for india . perhaps my lack of sentimental attachment make me see it a little more objectively . khamosh pani have expose me to some of this pain and while it may not be my own i can feel it . but the question that arise in my mind be that those that be around when this bloodshed ( on both side ) occur have mostly die or be die and will we succeed generation ever know this pain . the pain of leave behind a wife and kill your own daughter and leave her to be rap and live in another country when that which be once a part of you live somewhere else . how can i fight for this when i do not know what it like . khamosh pani make me feel this pain for a few day while perhaps we need more reminder such a these so that we can experience the pain to forget .