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- Runtime
- 126 mins
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.
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.
Cast
- Shashi Kapoor
- Om Puri
- Shabana Azmi
- Neena Gupta
- Sushma Seth
- Tinnu Anand
- Prayag Raj
- Parikshat Sahni
- Sagar Arya
- Yusuf Khurram
- Riju Bajaj
- Nayeem Hafizka
- Veerendra Saxena
- Rupinder Kaur
Director
- Ismail Merchant
Producers
- Wahid Chowhan
