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Overview

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Director:
Ismail Merchant
Writers:
Anita Desai (novel)
Anita Desai (script) ...
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Release Date:
3 June 1994 (UK) more
Genre:
Comedy | Drama more
Plot:
An editor asks Deven, a teacher who loves Urdu poetry, to interview poet Nur Shahjehanabadi, an aging whale of a man... more | add synopsis
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NewsDesk:
(6 articles)
Shyne Remains In Custody Due To Immigration Status
 (From MTV Music News. 6 October 2009, 1:47 AM, PDT)
David Caruso's Stalker In Custody...Thank God
 (From Actress Archives. 22 February 2009, 7:49 PM, PST)
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Another well told tale of decay and lost nostalgia more (8 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Shashi Kapoor ... Nur

Shabana Azmi ... Imtiaz Begum

Om Puri ... Deven
Sushma Seth ... Safiya Begum
Neena Gupta ... Sarla
Tinnu Anand ... Murad
Prayag Raj ... Jain
Parikshat Sahni ... Siddiqui (as Ajay Sahni)
Sagar Arya ... Chiku
Alakh Nandan ... Trivedi
Yusuf Khurram ... Young Poet
Riju Bajaj ... Young Poet
Maza Bi ... Safiya's Attendant
Nayeem Hafizka ... Young Poet
Veerendra Saxena ... Young Poet
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Hifazaat
Muhafiz (India: Urdu title)
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Runtime:
126 min
Country:
UK | India
Language:
Urdu | Hindi
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Sound Mix:
Dolby
Certification:
Singapore:PG | UK:15 | USA:PG
Company:
Merchant Ivory Productions more

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Another well told tale of decay and lost nostalgia, 26 October 2008
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Author: kaustubh-rajnish from India

Merchant Ivory movies are often about forgotten times , forgotten cultures and forgotten people. This one is no different. The ever dependable Om Puri plays an Urdu professor who attempts to document a dying but once grand urdu poet Nur (played convincingly by an obese Shashi Kapoor). Through his rather struggling attempt the story portrays the common hurdles which the language - lack of finance, poor understanding of technology and maybe all things modern, the complete ignorance of youth of the art and not to mention the petty selfishness of untalented people trying to hang on to what may be long gone

The film as usual is beautifully art directed. The sets and settings take you right into old Muslim mohallas of a small city in MP.

The performances of almost all are wonderful including an incredible outburst by Nur's second prostitute wife who wished she could have been a poet but couldn't due to the social class that she survives on.

Its a poignant tale of subdued frustration which artists of dying arts often face.It also has some wonderful Urdu Poetry (a little like the more popular Sher o Shairi) A moving and poignant tale of decay, ambition and neglect.Highly recommended to Merchant Ivory, Om Puri and of course urdu fans

Memorable quote " These electronic things electric fans, tape recorder are no good. They only confuse man more." - Poet Nur (Shashi Kapoor)

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