- Idiot (1992 film)
Infobox Film
name =Idiot
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director =Mani Kaul
producer =
writer =Anup Singh Hemendra Bhatia Fyodor Dostoevsky (novel)
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starring =Shahrukh Khan
Ayub Khan-Din
music =Vikram Joglekar
D. Wood
cinematography =Piyush Shah
editing =Lalitha Krishna
distributor =
released =8 October 1992
runtime = 165 min.
country =India
language =Hindi
budget =
gross =
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amg_id =1:146457
imdb_id =0104478Idiot is a
Hindi film based onFyodor Dostoevsky 's novel, "The Idiot." It was directed byMani Kaul and starredShahrukh Khan andAyub Khan-Din . The film debuted at the "New York Film Festival" on8 October 1992 although it was originally made for television. [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CE7DD1430F93BA35753C1A964958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=print] In this version of the tale placed in contemporaryMumbai , Prince Miskin (Khan-Din) is a man whoseepilepsy is mistaken for idiocy.1993
Filmfare Awards External links
*imdb title|id=0104478|title=Idiot
* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CE7DD1430F93BA35753C1A964958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=print New York Times review]
* [http://www.variety.com/profiles/Film/main/127282/Idiot.html?dataSet=1 Variety]###@@@KEY@@@###succession box
title=Filmfare Critics Award for Best Movie
years=1993
before= "Diksha"
after="Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa "
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