In Custody
1994•PG•2h 6m•5.0•Released
DramaComedy
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.
Director
Ismail Merchant
Writer
Anita Desai, Shahrukh Husain
Languages
Hindi, Urdu
Studio
Merchant Ivory Productions
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
Yusuf Khurram
Riju Bajaj
Nayeem Hafizka
Veerendra Saxena
Rupinder Kaur
Production
Company
Merchant Ivory Productions
Producer
Wahid Chowhan
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