Idiot (1992 film)
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| Idiot | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Mani Kaul |
| Written by |
Anup Singh Hemendra Bhatia Rajeev Kumar |
| Based on |
The Idiot (1869) by Fyodor Dostoevsky |
| Starring |
Shahrukh Khan Ayub Khan-Din |
| Music by |
Vikram Joglekar D. Wood |
| Cinematography | Piyush Shah |
| Editing by | Lalitha Krishna |
| Release dates | 8 October 1992 |
| Running time | 165 min. |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Idiot is a 1992 Hindi film based on Fyodor Dostoevsky's novel, The Idiot.[1] It was directed by Mani Kaul and starred Shahrukh Khan and Ayub Khan-Din. The film debuted at the New York Film Festival in October 1992.[2] In this version of the tale, placed in contemporary Mumbai, Prince Miskin (Khan-Din) is a man whose epilepsy is mistaken for idiocy.
Cast
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. [3][2]
Awards
References
- ↑ Derek Malcolm (14 July 2011). "Mani Kaul obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 2013-12-21.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 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.
External links
- Idiot at the Internet Movie Database
- Idiot at allmovie
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