Where to Watch In Custody (1994) in the US

What it's about

An editor asks Deven, a teacher who loves Urdu poetry, to interview poet Nur Shahjehanabadi, an aging whale of a man. Deven goes to Bhopal from Mirpur to meet Nur, of whom he is in awe. He finds him living with feuding wives, visited by sycophants who drink his whisky and eat his food. Deven wants to record Nur for posterity and seeks funds to buy an aged tape recorder, to bribe Safiya, the elder wife, to get Nur into a room at a brothel for a week for the recording, and to feed Nur's pals who show up. Nur's beautiful second wife, Imtiaz, wants to be taken seriously as a poetess. Dever dismisses her and ignores his own wife and child much as Nur does. In the end, what is preserved?

Cast and crew

Director

Ismail Merchant

Writer

Anita Desai, Shahrukh Husain

Starring

Shashi Kapoor, Shabana Azmi, Om Puri

Details

Release date

May 6, 1994

Language

Urdu, Hindi

Country

United Kingdom, India

Box office

$92,612

Awards

1 win

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