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'''''Idiot''''' is a 1992 [[Hindi]] film based on [[Fyodor Dostoevsky]]'s 1869 novel, ''[[The Idiot (novel)|The Idiot]]''.<ref> | '''''Idiot''''' is a 1992 [[Hindi]] film based on [[Fyodor Dostoevsky]]'s 1869 novel, ''[[The Idiot (novel)|The Idiot]]''.<ref> | ||
{{cite web| title = Mani Kaul obituary |work= The Guardian|author=Derek Malcolm|author-link=Derek Malcolm| url = https://www.theguardian.com/film/2011/jul/14/mani-kaul-obituary |date=14 July 2011| access-date = 2013-12-21}}</ref> It was directed by [[Mani Kaul]] and starred [[Shah Rukh Khan]] and [[Ayub Khan-Din]]. The film debuted at the [[New York Film Festival]] in October 1992. | {{cite web| title = Mani Kaul obituary |work= The Guardian|author=Derek Malcolm|author-link=Derek Malcolm| url = https://www.theguardian.com/film/2011/jul/14/mani-kaul-obituary |date=14 July 2011| access-date = 2013-12-21}}</ref> It was directed by [[Mani Kaul]] and starred [[Shah Rukh Khan]] and [[Ayub Khan-Din]]. The film debuted at the [[New York Film Festival]] in October 1992. In this version of the tale, placed in contemporary [[Mumbai]], Prince Miskin (Khan-Din) is a man whose [[epilepsy]] is mistaken for idiocy. | ||
==Cast== | ==Cast== | ||
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==Production and release== | ==Production and release== | ||
The film was first released as a four-part television mini-series on state-run [[Doordarshan]] channel in 1991, and despite it outing at debuted at the [[New York Film Festival]] in October 1992, it was never commercially released.<ref name=nyt>{{cite news |title=Review/Film Festival; Dostoyevsky's 'Idiot,' by Way of Bombay |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CE7DD1430F93BA35753C1A964958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=print |last=Holden |first=Stephen |author-link=Stephen Holden |date=8 October 1992 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=20 August 2013}}</ref><ref name="Chopra2007">{{cite book|author=Anupama Chopra|author-link=Anupama Chopra|title=King of Bollywood: Shah Rukh Khan and the Seductive World of Indian Cinema|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Cbk4AQAAQBAJ&pg=PT44|date=2 October 2007|publisher=Grand Central Publishing|isbn=978-0-446-50898-8|pages=44–}}</ref> | The film was first released as a four-part television mini-series on state-run [[Doordarshan]] channel in 1991, and despite it outing at debuted at the [[New York Film Festival]] in October 1992, it was never commercially released.<ref name=nyt>{{cite news |title=Review/Film Festival; Dostoyevsky's 'Idiot,' by Way of Bombay |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CE7DD1430F93BA35753C1A964958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=print |last=Holden |first=Stephen |author-link=Stephen Holden |date=8 October 1992 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=20 August 2013}}</ref><ref name="Chopra2007">{{cite book|author=Anupama Chopra|author-link=Anupama Chopra|title=King of Bollywood: Shah Rukh Khan and the Seductive World of Indian Cinema|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Cbk4AQAAQBAJ&pg=PT44|date=2 October 2007|publisher=Grand Central Publishing|isbn=978-0-446-50898-8|pages=44–}}</ref> | ||
It was screened at the Mumbai Film Festival in October 2016 with the title "Ahamaq".<ref>http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/shah-rukh-khan-unreleased-film-ahamaq-to-screen-at-mami-3078760/</ref> | It was screened at the Mumbai Film Festival in October 2016 with the title "Ahamaq".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/shah-rukh-khan-unreleased-film-ahamaq-to-screen-at-mami-3078760/|title = Shah Rukh Khan's unreleased film Ahamaq to screen at MAMI|date = 17 October 2016}}</ref> | ||
==Reception== | ==Reception== | ||
According to the New York Times, "it turns a literary masterpiece into a numbing soap opera as incoherent as it is technically crude."<ref>{{cite | According to the New York Times, "it turns a literary masterpiece into a numbing soap opera as incoherent as it is technically crude."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Holden |first1=Stephen |title=Dostoyevsky's Idiot by way of Bombay |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/10/08/movies/review-film-festival-dostoyevsky-s-idiot-by-way-of-bombay.html |website=The New York Times |date=8 October 1992 |access-date=11 December 2019}}</ref> | ||
== Awards == | == Awards == | ||
Revision as of 13:34, 6 October 2021
| Idiot | |
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| Directed by | Mani Kaul |
| Written by | Anup Singh Hemendra Bhatia Rajeev Kumar |
| Based on | The Idiot (1869) by Fyodor Dostoevsky |
| Starring | Shah Rukh Khan Ayub Khan-Din |
| Music by | Vikram Joglekar D. Wood |
| Cinematography | Piyush Shah |
| Edited by | Lalitha Krishna |
Release date |
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Running time | 165 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Idiot is a 1992 Hindi film based on Fyodor Dostoevsky's 1869 novel, The Idiot.[1] It was directed by Mani Kaul and starred Shah Rukh Khan and Ayub Khan-Din. The film debuted at the New York Film Festival in October 1992. In this version of the tale, placed in contemporary Mumbai, Prince Miskin (Khan-Din) is a man whose epilepsy is mistaken for idiocy.
Cast
- Shahrukh Khan
- Ayub Khan Din as Prince Miskin
- Imam Khan
- Mita Vashisht
Production and release
The film was first released as a four-part television mini-series on state-run Doordarshan channel in 1991, and despite it outing at debuted at the New York Film Festival in October 1992, it was never commercially released.[2][3] It was screened at the Mumbai Film Festival in October 2016 with the title "Ahamaq".[4]
Reception
According to the New York Times, "it turns a literary masterpiece into a numbing soap opera as incoherent as it is technically crude."[5]
Awards
References
- ↑ Derek Malcolm (14 July 2011). "Mani Kaul obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
- ↑ Holden, Stephen (8 October 1992). "Review/Film Festival; Dostoyevsky's 'Idiot,' by Way of Bombay". The New York Times. Retrieved 20 August 2013.
- ↑ Anupama Chopra (2 October 2007). King of Bollywood: Shah Rukh Khan and the Seductive World of Indian Cinema. Grand Central Publishing. pp. 44–. ISBN 978-0-446-50898-8.
- ↑ "Shah Rukh Khan's unreleased film Ahamaq to screen at MAMI". 17 October 2016.
- ↑ Holden, Stephen (8 October 1992). "Dostoyevsky's Idiot by way of Bombay". The New York Times. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
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