Release Date

15 Apr, 1994

Runtime

02:06: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

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.

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Actors

Shashi Kapoor

Om Puri

शबाना आज़मी

Neena Gupta

Sushma Seth

Tinnu Anand

Prayag Raj

Parikshat Sahni

Sagar Arya

Yusuf Khurram

Riju Bajaj

Nayeem Hafizka

Veerendra Saxena

Rupinder Kaur

Crew

Larry Pizer

Wahid Chowhan

Ismail Merchant

Donald Rosenfeld

Zakir Hussain

Ustad Sultan Khan

Anita Desai

Roberto Silvi

Shahrukh Husain

Anita Desai