In Custody (I. Merchant, 1993)

Deven’s (Om Puri) position as a professor of Hindi at a local college is only a means to an end. His first love is the Urdu language and in particular Urdu poetry. Deven’s multiple (and often stymied) attempts to interview the great Urdu poet, Nur (Shashi Kapoor), act as a metaphor for the clash between modernisation and tradition.

The film is based upon Desai’s 1984 Booker Prize nominated novel In Custody.

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