In Custody

In Custody

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Poetry | Tradition

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  • Genre(s): Drama, Comedy
  • Language(s): हिन्दी (Hindi)
  • Director(s): Ismail Merchant
  • Cast(s): Shashi Kapoor, Om Puri, Shabana Azmi, Neena Gupta, Sushma Seth See all Cast & Crew
  • Duration: 2h 6min
  • Music: Zakir Hussain,Ustad Sultan Khan
  • Award(s): National Film 1994 (Won) Awards List
  • Similar To: Kis Kisko Pyaar Karoon 2, Housefull 5
  • Story:
    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. Anita Desai adapted her novel with Shahrukh Husain, incorporating poems by Urdu author Faiz Ahmed Faiz. The movie won the President of India Gold Medal for Best Picture in 1994.(http://www.merchantivory.com/custody.html)
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STORY

Story
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. Anita Desai adapted her novel with Shahrukh Husain, incorporating poems by Urdu author Faiz Ahmed Faiz. The movie won the President of India Gold Medal for Best Picture in 1994.(http://www.merchantivory.com/custody.html)

AWARDS

Won
National Film Award

Best Costume Designer | 1994

TRIVIA

Trivia

All the poetry used in this movie is written by a Pakistani poet named Faiz Ahmed Faiz, who died ten years before this movie was released.

Shabana Azmi, who plays Imtiaz Begum, who aspires to be a poetess in her own right in the movie is related to many poets, namely, father Kaifi Azmi, husband Javed Akhtar and father in law Janisaar Akhtar.

One of nine productions that Indian actor Shashi Kapoor made with Merchant Ivory Productions. The films include Bombay Talkie (1970), Side Streets (1998), In Custody (1994), The Deceivers (1988), Heat and Dust (1983), The Householder (1963), Shakespeare-Wallah (1965), In Ismail's Custody (1994), The Wandering Company (1984).

There was a shelved movie, Arefa Arts " Muhafiz"(1992) Starring Aditya Pancholi(Replaced Mohshin Khan), Mandakini,Neeta Mehta, Girish Karnad, Anupam Kher, Sadashiv Amrapurkar,Music by Kalyanji Anandji,Directed by Afzal Neazi.

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