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In Custody

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PG 1994 · 2h 6m
Drama, Comedy
Starring Shashi Kapoor · Om Puri · Shabana Azmi
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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.

Theatrical
Apr 15, 1994
DVD / Blu-ray
Apr 19, 2005
Director
Ismail Merchant
Producers
Wahid Chowhan, Donald Rosenfeld
Music
Ustad Sultan Khan
Studio
Merchant Ivory Productions
Original Language
Hindi
Keywords
poetry tradition progress
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Shashi Kapoor
Nur
O
Om Puri
Deven
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Shabana Azmi
Imtiaz Begum
N
Neena Gupta
Sarla
S
Sushma Seth
Safiya Begum
T
Tinnu Anand
P
Prayag Raj
P
Parikshat Sahni
S
Sagar Arya
Y
Yusuf Khurram
N
Nayeem Hafizka
V
Veerendra Saxena
R
Rupinder Kaur

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