Idiot (1992 film)

Idiot
Directed by	Mani Kaul
Written by	Anup Singh Hemendra Bhatia Rajeev Kumar
Based on	The Idiot (1869) by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Starring	Shah Rukh Khan Ayub Khan-Din
Music by	Vikram Joglekar D. Wood
Cinematography	Piyush Shah
Edited by	Lalitha Krishna
Release dates	8 October 1992 (1992-10-08)
Running time	165 minutes
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 Shah Rukh 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.^[2]^[3] It was screened at the Mumbai Film Festival in October 2016 with the title "Ahamaq". ^[4]

Awards

1993 Filmfare Awards: Critics Award For Best Movie

References

↑ Derek Malcolm (14 July 2011). "Mani Kaul obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 2013-12-21.
1 2 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.
↑ http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/shah-rukh-khan-unreleased-film-ahamaq-to-screen-at-mami-3078760/

External links

Idiot at the Internet Movie Database
Idiot at AllMovie

Films directed by Mani Kaul

Uski Roti (1969)
Ashadh Ka Ek Din (1971)
Duvidha (1973)
Puppeteers of Rajasthan (1974)
A Historical Sketch of Indian Women (1975)
Chitrakathi (1977)
Ghashiram Kotwal (1979)
Arrival (1980)
Satah Se Uthata Admi (1980)
Dhrupad (1982)
Mati Manas (1984)
A Desert of a Thousand Lines (1986)
Before My Eyes (1989)
Siddheshwari (1989)
Nazar (1991)
Idiot (1992)
The Cloud Door (1995)
Naukar Ki Kameez (1999)
Bojh (2000)
Ik Ben Geen Ander (2002)
A Monkey's Raincoat (2005)

Filmfare Critics Award for Best Movie

1971-1980	Uski Roti (1971) Ashadh Ka Ek Din (1972) Maya Darpan (1973) Duvidha (1974) Rajnigandha (1975) Aandhi (1976) Mrigayaa (1977) Shatranj Ke Khilari {The Chess Players} (1978) Arvind Desai Ki Ajeeb Dastaan (1979) Jeena Yahan (1980)

1981-2000	Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyoon Aata Hai (1981) Aadharshila (1982) Masoom (1983) Sookha (1984) Damul (1985) Aghaat (1986) Om-Dar-Ba-Dar (1989) Khayal Gatha (1990) Kasba (1991) Diksha (1992) Idiot (1993) Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa (1994) Bandit Queen (1995) Bombay (1996) Khamoshi (1997) Virasat (1998) Satya (1999) Sarfarosh (2000)

2001-present	Halo (2001) Dil Chahta Hai (2002) The Legend of Bhagat Singh (2003) Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. (2004) Dev and Yuva (2005) Black (2006) Lage Raho Munna Bhai (2007) Chak De! India (2008) Mumbai Meri Jaan (2009) Firaaq (2010) Udaan (2011) Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara (2012) Gangs of Wasseypur (2013) The Lunchbox (2014) Ankhon Dekhi (2015)

Fyodor Dostoyevsky's The Idiot (1869)

Characters	Prince Myshkin Nastasya Filipovna

Films	The Idiot (1951) The Idiot (1958) L'amour braque (1985) Idiot (1992) Down House (2001) The Idiot (2011)

Television	The Idiot (2003)

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