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In Custody (1994)

Directed by Ismail Merchant

Drama, Comedy · 2h 06m

Ismail Merchant's feature directorial debut addresses a subject close to his heart: the expressive Urdu language of Northern India, in danger of extinction as political trends and modernization obscure its contributions to Indian culture. Merchant 's treatment is wry and good humored , as his characters - an aging Urdu poet (Shashi Kapoor) and a worshipful young college lecturer - clash despite their shared passion for the beauty of words.

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Cast

Shashi Kapoor Nur Om Puri Deven Shabana Azmi Imtiaz Begum Neena Gupta Sarla Sushma Seth Safiya Begum Tinnu Anand Prayag Raj Parikshat Sahni Sagar Arya
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Yusuf Khurram
R
Riju Bajaj
N
Nayeem Hafizka

Crew

Director
Ismail Merchant
Writer
Shahrukh Husain, Anita Desai
Novel
Anita Desai
Director of Photography
Larry Pizer
Original Music Composer
Zakir Hussain, Ustad Sultan Khan
Editor
Roberto Silvi
Producer
Wahid Chowhan

Details

Release date
1994-04-15
Runtime
2h 06m
Genres
Drama, Comedy
Original language
HI
Spoken languages
Hindi, Urdu
Countries
India
Production
Merchant Ivory Productions