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.
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Shashi Kapoor
as Nur
as Nur
Om Puri
as Deven
as Deven
Shabana Azmi
as Imtiaz Begum
as Imtiaz Begum
Neena Gupta
as Sarla
as Sarla
Sushma Seth
as Safiya Begum
as Safiya Begum
Tinnu Anand
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Prayag Raj
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Parikshat Sahni
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Sagar Arya
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Yusuf Khurram
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Riju Bajaj
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Nayeem Hafizka
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Veerendra Saxena
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Rupinder Kaur
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Larry Pizer
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Ismail Merchant
Director
Director
Wahid Chowhan
Producer
Producer
Donald Rosenfeld
Executive Producer
Executive Producer
Ustad Sultan Khan
Original Music Composer
Original Music Composer
Zakir Hussain
Original Music Composer
Original Music Composer
Anita Desai
Writer
Writer
Anita Desai
Novel
Novel
Shahrukh Husain
Writer
Writer
Roberto Silvi
Editor
Editor
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