In Custody

1994

4.8 из 10

4 votes

Popularity

0.2

Duration

126 min / 2 hour 6 min

Budget

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Release date

1994.04.15

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.