In Custody (1994)
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.
- Date of release
- 1994-04-15
- TMDB
- 5.0 / 10 (6)
- Runtime
- 2h 6m
- Genres
- Drama, Comedy
- Director
- Ismail Merchant
Casting
- 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
- Nayeem Hafizka
Interesting facts
In Custody 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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