G.K. Govinda Rao

Set against the backdrop of Seattle (USA), Nishabdham is the story of Sakshi (Anushka Shetty), an artist with speech impairment and Anthony (Madhavan) who is a celebrity musician. How the two come together and what transpires from there is what forms the crux of this beautiful story.

The story is about a doctor played by Vishnuvardhan who falls in love with his student doctor played by Suhasini. Vishnuvardhan tries to tell his feelings to her but fails to do so. When he finally musters courage to tell her that he loves her she tells him that her marriage is fixed to Jai Jagadeesh her childhood friend and thinks of him like a guru. Vishnuvardhan cannot forget her and slowly withdraws into a shell. His mother tries to get him out of this shell but dies because of burns. Meanwhile, Jai Jagadeesh starts suspecting his wife because she gives importance to hospital and not him and starts misbehaving with her at home. Suhasini discovers that Vishnuvardhan has heart enlargement and may not survive for long. Since he has no family she starts taking more care of him in hospital. This frustrates her husband even more and he misunderstands Vishnuvardhan and fights with him in the hospital. Suhasini goes to her residence to explain to her husband but discovers that her husband has abused a lady who was staying in their house(maid). She decides to leave him but Vishnuvardhan tries to convince her husband that his relationship with Suhasini is pure and he has misunderstood them. Jai Jagadeesh misbehaves with Vishnuvardhan and Suhasini gets hurt while trying to make sense with her husband. Finally Vishnuvardhan saves the baby but dies. Suhasini divorces her husband and moves on with her just born child.

Katha Sangama is a 1976 Indian anthology film in Kannada. Based on three short stories, Hangu, Atithi, Munithaayi.