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.
Shashi Kapoor
Nur
Om Puri
Deven
Shabana Azmi
Imtiaz Begum
Neena Gupta
Sarla
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April 15, 1994
2h 6m
5.0
Ismail Merchant
Anita Desai, Shahrukh Husain
6
Merchant Ivory Productions
IN
Sushma Seth
Safiya Begum
Tinnu Anand
Cast
Prayag Raj
Cast
Parikshat Sahni
Cast
Sagar Arya
Cast
Yusuf Khurram
Cast
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