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In Custody
1994, Apr 15
2h 6m
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.
Directed by
Ismail Merchant
Written by
Shahrukh Husain, Anita Desai
Shabana Azmi
Imtiaz Begum
Sagar Arya
Tinnu Anand
Parikshat Sahni
Om Puri
Deven
Sushma Seth
Safiya Begum
Veerendra Saxena
Neena Gupta
Sarla
Shashi Kapoor
Nur
Yusuf Khurram
Riju Bajaj
Nayeem Hafizka
Rupinder Kaur
Shahrukh Husain
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