Actress Anushka Shetty, who had last acted in the thriller Bhaagamathie is set to return with another crossover multilingual thriller Silence/ Nishabdham directed by Hemant Madhukar and produced by Kona Venkat and People media factory.

Also starring Madhavan, Anjali, Shalini Pandey and Michael Madsen, this movie which has Anushka as a mute artist and Madhavan as a musician was supposed to release on April 2 but has been pushed due to lockdown. Now, the movie has been censored U/A, and amidst rumours of a direct OTT release, Hemant Madhukar has revealed that censor board officials have advised a theatre release first.

Hemant Madhukar tweeted "Both our films #nishabdham Telugu and #silence given U/A censor certificate and I am overwhelmed by the response of the #cencorboard panel members and my sincere thanks to them for there advice to release the film first in theatre ??".

Both our films #nishabdham Telugu and #silence given U/A censor certificate and I am overwhelmed by the response of the #cencorboard panel members and my sincere thanks to them for there advice to release the film first in theatre ?? pic.twitter.com/bIZTOvjY7q

— Hemantmadhukar (@hemantmadhukar) May 26, 2020