Overview
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.
Details
- Director
- Ismail Merchant
- Writer
- Anita Desai, Shahrukh Husain
- Original Language
- Hindi
- Budget
- N/A
Cast
Nayeem Hafizka
Neena Gupta
Om Puri
Parikshat Sahni
Prayag Raj
Riju Bajaj
Rupinder Kaur
Sagar Arya
Shabana Azmi
Shashi Kapoor
Sushma Seth
Tinnu Anand
Veerendra Saxena
Yusuf Khurram
Keywords
poetry
progress
tradition
Trailer
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