The Silent Heroes

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Director:Mahesh Bhatt
Language:Hindi
Release Year:2015
Genre:Drama, Adventure

Description

  • In the misty environs of Uttarakhand amid mighty Himalayan peaks, Kapil Malhotra, an ex-army officer trains local kids in mountaineering and search & rescue. Gauri Singh, a school teacher in a deaf school approaches him with an offer to train the children in her school for a mountaineering expedition; children who are considered handicapped by the society due to their hearing and speech impairment. Kapil readily acceps the proposal. He selected 13 students from the deaf school and takes them to the Nehru Institute of Mountaineering(NIM), Uttarkashi for advanced mountaineering training. This initiative of NIM is highly appreciated by Local and national media. Sailing is however not smooth for these children at NIM. Hema Singh, an accomplished Instructor at NIM doubts the decision of Principal Col. Thapa to enroll these children in mountaineering course. She firmly believes these children to be good for nothing and totally unfit for a course taht is physically challenging and mentally demanding. Due to some unforeseen circumstances, Kapil gets injured in a freak accident and institute ends up sending Hima with the children for their final expedition in the Himalayas; completing which is pre-conditioned for thir being a certified mountaineer. Himalaya soon starts to get its toll. Slightly misjudgement and negligence drops Hima off the chiff and soon her injuries starts to get worsened and she ends up unconcious and immobile. 13 deaf children thus get stranded in the wilderness of higher Himalayas with their instructor unconcious and fighting for life. They have no means of communication with the base camp. Their dream of becoming mountaineers is thus in jeopardy.