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In Custody is a film of genre Drama directed by Ismail Merchant released in USA on 15 april 1994 with Shashi Kapoor

In Custody (1994)

In Custody
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Released in USA 15 april 1994
Length 2h6
Directed by
Genres Drama,    Comedy
Rating70% 3.530693.530693.530693.530693.53069

In Custody/Muhafiz (1993) is a film by Merchant Ivory Productions. It was directed by Ismail Merchant, with a screenplay by Anita Desai and Shahrukh Husain. It is based upon Desai's 1984 Booker Prize nominated novel In Custody.

Actors

Shashi Kapoor

(Nur)Shabana Azmi

(Imtiaz Begum)Om Puri

(Deven)Sushma Seth

(Safiya Begum)Amjad Khan
And :
Tinnu Anand
Mohammad Ali
Parikshit Sahni
Neena Gupta
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