Film

In Custody

1994 · 2h 6m · Drama · Comedy

IMDb

7.1

Rotten Tomatoes

67%

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.

Shashi Kapoor

Nur

Om Puri

Deven

Shabana Azmi

Imtiaz Begum

Neena Gupta

Sarla

Sushma Seth

Safiya Begum

Tinnu Anand

Prayag Raj

Parikshat Sahni

Sagar Arya

Yusuf Khurram

Riju Bajaj

Nayeem Hafizka

Veerendra Saxena

Rupinder Kaur

• Ismail MerchantDirector
• Anita DesaiNovel · Writer
• Shahrukh HusainWriter
• Wahid ChowhanProducer
• Donald RosenfeldExecutive Producer
• Larry PizerDirector of Photography
• Zakir HussainOriginal Music Composer
• Ustad Sultan KhanOriginal Music Composer
• Roberto SilviEditor

Release date

April 15, 1994

Status

Released

Original language

Hindi

Runtime

2h 6m

Rated

PG

Genres

Drama, Comedy

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