Idiot (1992 film) explained
| Idiot |
| Director: | Mani Kaul |
| Starring: | Shah Rukh Khan
Ayub Khan-Din |
| Music: | Vikram Joglekar
D. Wood |
| Cinematography: | Piyush Shah |
| Editing: | Lalitha Krishna |
| Runtime: | 165 minutes |
| Country: | India |
| Language: | Hindi |
Idiot is a 1992 Hindi drama 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
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] In 1993, it was not part of the 24th International Film Festival of India but was shown privately to some festival delegates.[4] It was screened at the Mumbai Film Festival in October 2016 with the title "Ahamaq".[5]
Reception
According to the New York Times, "it turns a literary masterpiece into a numbing soap opera as incoherent as it is technically crude."[6]
Awards
Notes and References
- Web site: Mani Kaul obituary. The Guardian. Derek Malcolm. Derek Malcolm. 14 July 2011. 2013-12-21. 24 December 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131224083942/http://www.theguardian.com/film/2011/jul/14/mani-kaul-obituary. live.
- News: Review/Film Festival; Dostoyevsky's 'Idiot,' by Way of Bombay . Holden . Stephen . Stephen Holden . 8 October 1992 . . 20 August 2013 . 26 February 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240226080809/https://www.nytimes.com/1992/10/08/movies/review-film-festival-dostoyevsky-s-idiot-by-way-of-bombay.html . live .
- Book: Anupama Chopra. Anupama Chopra. King of Bollywood: Shah Rukh Khan and the Seductive World of Indian Cinema. 2 October 2007. Grand Central Publishing. 978-0-446-50898-8. 44–.
- Jain . Madhu . 15 February 1993 . Reflecting reality . . New Delhi . . 26 February 2024 . 21 March 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220321101616/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/society-the-arts/films/story/19930215-24th-international-film-festival-grim-celluloid-images-mirror-turmoil-of-recent-events-810689-1993-02-15 . live .
- Web site: Shah Rukh Khan's unreleased film Ahamaq to screen at MAMI. 17 October 2016. 12 October 2016. 12 October 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161012225346/http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/shah-rukh-khan-unreleased-film-ahamaq-to-screen-at-mami-3078760/. live.
- News: Holden . Stephen . Dostoyevsky's Idiot by way of Bombay . The New York Times . 8 October 1992 . 11 December 2019 . 2 September 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230902183025/https://www.nytimes.com/1992/10/08/movies/review-film-festival-dostoyevsky-s-idiot-by-way-of-bombay.html . live .
- Web site: Critics Award for Best Film. Indiatimes. 2014-05-20. 18 December 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141218030957/http://recipeguide.indiatimes.com/awards2001/ex_cfilm.htm. dead.
