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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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Cast
Shashi Kapoor
Om Puri
Shabana Azmi
Neena Gupta
Sushma Seth
Tinnu Anand
Prayag Raj
Parikshat Sahni
Sagar Arya
Veerendra SaxenaDetails
- Director
- Ismail Merchant
- Writers
- Anita Desai, Shahrukh Husain
- Release date
- April 15, 1994
- Runtime
- 2h 6m
- Original language
- Hindi
- Studios
- Merchant Ivory Productions
