In Custody (1994)
2h 6m
Running Time
April 15, 1994
Release Date
Plot.
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 ion for the beauty of words.
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Cast & Crew.
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
Yusuf Khurram
Riju Bajaj
Larry Pizer
Director of Photography
Wahid Chowhan
Producer
Ismail Merchant
Director
Donald Rosenfeld
Executive Producer
Zakir Hussain
Original Music Composer
Ustad Sultan Khan
Original Music Composer
Suresh Sawant
ProductionDesigner
Anita Desai
Novel / Writer
Roberto Silvi
Editor
Shahrukh Husain
Writer
Rupinder Kaur
Veerendra Saxena
Nayeem Hafizka
Media.
Details.
Release Date
April 15, 1994
Status
Released
Running Time
2h 6m
Content Rating
PG
Genres
Last updated:
This Movie Is About.
poetry
tradition
progress
bollywood
Wiki.
In Custody/Muhafiz is a 1993 film by Merchant Ivory Productions. It was directed by Ismail Merchant, with screenplay by Anita Desai and Shahrukh Husain. It is based upon Desai's 1984 Booker Prize nominated novel In Custody.
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