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IN CUSTODY (1994)

Verenigd Koninkrijk / India
Drama / Komedie
126 minuten

geregisseerd door Ismail Merchant
met Shashi Kapoor, Shabana Azmi en Om Puri

De hoofdredacteur van een literair tijdschrift vraagt aan de leraar Deven of hij de bekende dichter Nur Shahjehanabadi wil interviewen. Deven heeft ontzettend veel respect voor de inmiddels bejaarde dichter, maar als hij bij hem op bezoek gaat, merkt hij dat Nur niets meer is dan een luidruchtige, opportunistische vrouwenloper.




Merchant Ivory / Criterion Collection

DVD Release Date: April 19, 2005


Director: Ismail Merchant


Description
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Based on the Booker Prize?nominated novel by Anita Desai, In Custody, the debut of Ismail Merchant as a director, is a wry, lyrical, comic drama about contemporary Indian culture, society, and domestic life. The central themes are the threatened extinction of the Urdu language, much prized for its beauty, sophistication and its great literary tradition, and the story of two men pursuing their ideals against great odds. Nur (Shashi Kapoor) is considered the greatest living Urdu poet, and Deven (Om Puri) hopes to rekindle interest in the language by recording Nur reciting his magical verse. But multiple problems block Deven?s path, the greatest of these being the vastly bloated Nur, his love of drink, and his two shrewish wives. Deven?s monstrous task quickly turns into a cultural odyssey that follows a deeply ludicrous path to an unexpected and moving conclusion.


Format: NTSC

DVD Size: 7.07 GB -- Exact Untouched Copy

Runtime (main feature): 125 minutes

Type: Color

Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1

Sound (main feature): Urdu DD2.0

Subtitles: English hardcoded


DISC FEATURES:

# New digital transfer.
# New video interviews with director Ismail Merchant, and stars Shashi Kapoor, Shabana Azmi, and Om Puri.
# Theatrical trailer.



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