"In Custody"
1993
Directed by Ismail Merchant

Based on the novel by Anita Desai, this comedy has all the delightful details one expects from a Merchant/Ivory production. Surrounded by wine, women and song, a great poet lives his final days in comic self-indulgence. Then an earnest professor changes everything by interviewing him. Winner, National Film of India, Best Picture and Best Actor--Shashi Kapoor. Hindi with English subtitles.
123 minutes.