In Custody
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In Custody

7.1 / 10 | 2h 6m | United Kingdom
1994 | Comedy | Drama
An editor asks Deven, a teacher who loves Urdu poetry, to interview poet Nur Shahjehanabadi, an aging whale of a man. Deven goes to Bhopal from Mirpur to meet Nur, of whom he is in awe. He finds him living with feuding wives, visited by sycophants who drink his whisky and eat his food. Deven wants to record Nur for posterity and seeks funds to buy an aged tape recorder, to bribe Safiya, the elder wife, to get Nur into a room at a brothel for a week for the recording, and to feed Nur's pals who show up. Nur's beautiful second wife, Imtiaz, wants to be taken seriously as a poetess. Dever dismisses her and ignores his own wife and child much as Nur does. In the end, what is preserved?

Cast List (21)

Ismail Merchant
Ismail Merchant
Director
Shashi Kapoor
Shashi Kapoor
Nur
Shabana Azmi
Shabana Azmi
Imtiaz Begum
Om Puri
Om Puri
Deven
Sushma Seth
Sushma Seth
Safiya Begum
Neena Gupta
Neena Gupta
Sarla
Tinnu Anand
Tinnu Anand
Murad
Prayag Raj
Prayag Raj
Jain
Parikshit Sahni
Parikshit Sahni
Siddiqui
Sagar Arya
Sagar Arya
Chiku
Riju Bajaj
Riju Bajaj
Young Poet
Nayeem Hafizka
Nayeem Hafizka
Young Poet
Veerendra Saxena
Veerendra Saxena
Young Poet
Rupinder Kaur
Rupinder Kaur
Mrs. Bhalla
Sameer Mitha
Sameer Mitha
Manu
Maza Bi
Maza Bi
Safiya's Attendant
Alakh Nandan
Alakh Nandan
Trivedi
Yusuf Khurram
Yusuf Khurram
Young Poet
Shahid Masood
Shahid Masood
Dhanu
Shahrukh Husain
Shahrukh Husain
Writer
Anita Desai
Anita Desai
Writer

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