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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = In Custody / Muhafiz<br />
| image = In Custody, 1993 film.jpg<br />
| caption = <br />
| director = [[Ismail Merchant]]<br />
| producer = Wahid Chowhan<br>[[Paul Bradley (English actor)|Paul Bradley]] (executive)<br>[[Donald Rosenfeld]] (executive)<br />
| writer = [[Anita Desai]]<br>[[Shahrukh Husain]]<br />
| based_on = {{based on|''[[In Custody (novel)|In Custody]]''|Anita Desai}}<br />
| starring = {{Plainlist|<br />
* [[Shashi Kapoor]]<br />
* [[Shabana Azmi]]<br />
* [[Om Puri]]<br />
* [[Sushma Seth]]<br />
* [[Neena Gupta]]<br />
* [[Tinnu Anand]]<br />
* Prayag Raj<br />
* Ajay Sahni<br />
* Maza Bi}}<br />
| music = [[Zakir Hussain (musician)|Zakir Hussain]]<br>[[Sultan Khan (musician)|Ustad Sultan Khan]]<br />
| cinematography = Larry Pizer<br />
| editing = Roberto Silvi<br />
| distributor = [[Sony Pictures Classics]] (US, 1994)<br>[[Criterion Collection]] (US DVD, 2005)<br />
| released = {{film date|1993|10||[[Tokyo Film Festival]]}} {{film date|1994|6|8|df=yes|France}}<br />
| runtime = 126 minutes<br />
| language = [[Hindi]]<br>[[Urdu]]<ref name=AFI>{{cite web |title=In Custody (1993 film) |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/60168 |series=AFI Catalog |website=American Film Institute website|access-date=23 October 2020}}</ref><br />
}}<br />
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'''''In Custody/Muhafiz''''' is a [[Bollywood films of 1993|1993]] film by [[Merchant Ivory Productions]]. It was directed by [[Ismail Merchant]], with screenplay by [[Anita Desai]] and [[Shahrukh Husain]].<ref name=AFI/> It is based upon Desai's 1984 [[Booker Prize]] nominated novel ''[[In Custody (novel)|In Custody]]''.<ref name=NYT>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/04/15/movies/review-film-ismail-merchant-directs-first-feature.html |title=Review/Film; Ismail Merchant Directs First Feature (In Custody - 1993 film)|date=15 April 1994|author=Caryn James|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=23 October 2020}}</ref><ref>[http://www.citwf.com/film163149.htm In Custody (1993 film) on Complete Index To World Film (CITWF) website] Retrieved 23 October 2020</ref><br />
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== Plot synopsis ==<br />
{{more plot|date=June 2018}}<br />
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 modernization and tradition.<br />
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== Cast ==<br />
* [[Shashi Kapoor]]... Nur Shahjenabadi<ref name=AFI/><ref name=NYT/><br />
* [[Sushma Seth]]... Safiya Begum<br />
* [[Shabana Azmi]]... Imtiaz Begum<ref name=AFI/><ref name=NYT/><br />
* [[Om Puri]]... Deven Sharma<ref name=NYT/><br />
* [[Tinnu Anand]]... Murad<ref name=NYT/><br />
* [[Parikshat Sahni]]... Siddiqui<br />
* [[Amjad Khan (actor)|Amjad Khan]]... Musician<br />
* [[Neena Gupta]]... Sarla Sharma (Deven's Wife)<ref name=AFI/><ref name=NYT/><br />
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==Awards==<br />
* 1993: [[Tokyo Film Festival]] in Kyoto (Official Selection) nomination.<br />
* 1994: [[National Film Award (India)|National Film Award]]<br />
** [[National Film Award – Special Jury Award (Feature Film)|Special Jury Award]]: [[Shashi Kapoor]]<br />
** [[National Film Award for Best Art Direction|Best Art Direction]]: Suresh Sawant<br />
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==Musicians and vocalists==<br />
* [[Sultan Khan (musician)|Sultan Khan]] - ''[[sarangi]]''<ref name=AFI/><br />
* [[Sunil Das]] - ''[[sitar]]''<br />
* [[Ulhas Bapat]] - ''[[santoor]]''<br />
* [[Ronu Majumdar]] - ''[[flute]]''<br />
* [[Fazal Qureshi]] - ''[[tabla]]''<br />
* [[Taufiq Qureshi]] - ''[[percussion]]''<br />
* Pyush Kanojia - ''[[Electronic keyboard|keyboard]]''<br />
* [[Zakir Hussain (musician)|Zakir Hussain]] - ''[[tabla]]''<ref name=AFI/><br />
* Sadiq Qureshi - ''[[Daf|daf]]''<br />
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;Vocalists<br />
* [[Suresh Wadkar]], [[Kavita Krishnamurthy]], [[Hariharan (singer)|Hariharan]], [[Shankar Mahadevan]]<br />
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The film also features poetry by [[Faiz Ahmad Faiz]].<ref>{{cite web |author1=Madhu Jain |title=Ismail Merchant captures the crumbling world of a poet |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/society-the-arts/films/story/19931231-ismail-merchant-captures-the-crumbling-world-of-a-poet-811959-1993-12-31 |website=[[India Today]] |language=en |date=December 31, 1993}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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== External links ==<br />
{{refbegin}}<br />
* [http://www.merchantivory.com/custody.html In Custody] at [[Merchant Ivory Productions]]<br />
* [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F01E3DF1F3EF936A25757C0A962958260&pagewanted=all Film review] - [[New York Times]] Archives<br />
* [http://www.findarticles.com/art/filmmaker-ismail-merchant-dies.FRbNMtQKMLGTM3g.jsp?noadc=1&q=Ismail%20Merchant&pid=1166502908463778626&ssq=1 Obituary of Ismail Merchant which provides background and context for the story]<br />
* {{IMDb title|0107199|In Custody / Muhafiz}}<br />
{{refend}}<br />
{{Indian submission for Academy Awards}}<br />
{{Merchant Ivory Productions}}<br />
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[[Category:Films based on British novels]]<br />
[[Category:Films directed by Ismail Merchant]]<br />
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[[Category:Films whose production designer won the Best Production Design National Film Award]]<br />
[[Category:Films that won the Best Costume Design National Film Award]]<br />
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[[Category:Faiz Ahmad Faiz]]</div>
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