In Custody (1994)

Name: In Custody
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Released: 1994
Duration: 2 h 6 min
Cast: Shashi Kapoor, Om Puri, Shabana Azmi, Neena Gupta, Sushma Seth

Hindi movie · Drama, Comedy · 126 min · TMDB 5/10

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.

Cast: Shashi Kapoor (Nur), Om Puri (Deven), Shabana Azmi (Imtiaz Begum), Neena Gupta (Sarla), Sushma Seth (Safiya Begum), Tinnu Anand.

Directed by Ismail Merchant.

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