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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.
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- verified Status: Released
- calendar_month Release Date: 1994-04-15
- video_camera_front Companies Merchant Ivory Productions
- timer Runtime: 126 Mins
- star Rating: 4.8 / 10
- favorite Likes: 4 Likes
- info IMDB ID tt0107199
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Shashi Kapoor
Nur
Om Puri
Deven
Shabana Azmi
Imtiaz Begum
Neena Gupta
Sarla
Sushma Seth
Safiya Begum
Tinnu Anand
Prayag Raj
Parikshat Sahni
Sagar Arya
Yusuf Khurram
Riju Bajaj
Nayeem Hafizka
Veerendra Saxena
Rupinder Kaur
groups Crew
Larry Pizer
Director of Photography
Wahid Chowhan
Producer
Ismail Merchant
Director
Donald Rosenfeld
Executive Producer
Zakir Hussain
Original Music Composer
Ustad Sultan Khan
Original Music Composer
Anita Desai
Novel
Roberto Silvi
Editor
Shahrukh Husain
Writer
Anita Desai
Writer
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