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In custody / a Merchant Ivory Production in association with Channel Four Films ; executive producers, Paul Bradley, Donald Rosenfeld ; producer, Wahid Chowhan ; director, Ismail Merchant ; script, Anita Desai, Shahrukh Husain.
LIBRA DVD 009 568
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Criterion collection
- Merchant Ivory collection
- The Criterion collection
- Language:
- English
- Hindi
- Urdu
- Subjects (All):
- Desai, Anita, 1937---Film adaptations.
- Desai, Anita.
- Desai, Anita, 1937-.
- Poets--Drama.
- Poets.
- Communication and culture.
- Urdu language.
- Urdu language--Drama.
- Communication and culture--Drama.
- Motion pictures, Indic.
- Genre:
- Drama.
- Ethnic films.
- Feature films.
- Comedy films.
- Motion pictures, Indic.
- Film adaptations.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (124 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Other Title:
- Also known as: Hifazaat
- Also known as: Muhafiz
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago, IL : Home Vision Entertainment, [2005]
- Language Note:
- Hindi and Urdu dialogue, English subtitles.
- System Details:
- DVD; Region 1; Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo.
- digital
- optical
- stereo
- Dolby digital 2.0
- video file
- DVD video
- region 1
- Summary:
- Nur is considered the greatest living Urdu poet and Deven hopes to rekindle interest in the language by recording Nur reciting his magical verse. But multiple problems block Deven's path, the greatest being Nur's two shrewish wives, his love of drink, and the vastly bloated poet himself. Deven's monstrous task quickly turns into a cultural odyssey that follows a humorous path to an unexpected conclusion.
- Participant:
- Shashi Kapoor, Shabana Azmi, Om Puri, Sushma Seth, Neena Gupta, Tinnu Anand, Prayag Raj, Ajay Sahmi.
- Credits:
- Director of photography, Larry Pizer ; editor, Roberto Silvi ; music, Zakir Hussain, Ustad Sultan Khan ; costume designer, Lovleen Bains ; production designer, Suresh Sawant.
- Notes:
- Originally released as a motion picture in 1993.
- Based on the novel by Anita Desai.
- Special features: New video interviews with director Ismail Merchant and stars Shshi Kapoor, Shabana Azmi, and Om Puri; original theatrical trailer.
- ISBN:
- 0780029615
- OCLC:
- 58996291
- Publisher Number:
- 037429202821
- CUS010 Home Vision Entertainment
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