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3 June 1994 (UK) morePlot:
An editor asks Deven, a teacher who loves Urdu poetry, to interview poet Nur Shahjehanabadi, an aging whale of a man... more | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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Another well told tale of decay and lost nostalgia moreCast
(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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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)