In Custody

Name: In Custody
Director: Ismail Merchant
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Released: 1994-04-15
Duration: 2 h 6 min
Rating: 4.4
Cast: Shashi Kapoor, Om Puri, Shabana Azmi, Neena Gupta, Sushma Seth

Directed by Ismail Merchant

Drama

Comedy

19942h 6m4.4

Overview

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.