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