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.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- April 15, 1994
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- Urdu, Hindi
- Countries
- India, United Kingdom
- Production
- Merchant Ivory Productions
- Cast
- Sushma Seth,Tinnu Anand,Prayag Raj,Yusuf Khurram,Riju Bajaj,Shabana Azmi,Sagar Arya,Veerendra Saxena,Neena Gupta,Nayeem Hafizkaand 4 more
- Director
- Ismail Merchant
- Writer
- Shahrukh Husain,Anita Desai
- Producer
- Donald Rosenfeld,Wahid Chowhan
- Cinematography
- Larry Pizer
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- Homepage
- Official site
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