In Custody
1994-04-15| 126 min
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.
Genres
DramaComedy
Cast
Shashi Kapoor
Om Puri
Shabana Azmi
Neena Gupta
Sushma Seth
Tinnu Anand
Prayag Raj
Parikshat Sahni
Sagar Arya
Yusuf Khurram
Riju Bajaj
Nayeem Hafizka
Veerendra Saxena
Rupinder Kaur
