| Description |
1 video disc (125 min.) sound, color 4 3/4 in.. |
| Series |
Criterion collection |
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Merchant ivory collection |
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Criterion collection
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| System Details |
DVD, widescreen (1.78:1 aspect ratio) |
| Cast |
Shashi Kapoor, Om Puri, Shabana Azmi. |
| Note |
In Urdu and Hindi with English subtitles. |
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Special Features: new widescreen digital transfer ; new video interviews with director Ismail Merchant and stars Shashi Kapoor, Shabana Azmi, and Om Puri ; original theatrical trailer. |
| Summary |
"Based on the Booker Prize-nominated novel by Anita Desai, In Custody, the debut of Ismail Merchant as a director, is a wry, lyrical, comic drama about contemporary Indian culture, society, and domestic life. The central themes are, first, the threatened extinction of the Urdu language - much prized for its beauty, sophistication, and its great literary tradition - and, second, the story of two men pursuing their ideals against great odds." --Container. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Poets, Urdu -- India -- Drama.
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Interpersonal relations and culture -- India -- Drama.
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Feature films -- India.
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Comedy films -- India.
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Foreign films -- India.
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| Added Author |
Desai, Anita, 1937-
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Merchant, Ismail.
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Kapoor, Shashi.
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Puri, Om.
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Azmi, Shabana, 1950-
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Shahrukh Husain.
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Chowhan, Wahid.
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Merchant Ivory Productions.
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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Home Vision Entertainment (Firm)
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| ISBN |
0780029615 |
| Music No. |
CUS010 Criterion Collection |
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