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Idiot (1992 film)

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'Idiot' is a 1992 Hindi film based on Fyodor Dostoevsky's 1869 novel, 'The Idiot'.

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



* Shahrukh Khan

* Ayub Khan Din as Prince Miskin

* Imam Khan

* Mita Vashisht

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.

It was screened at the Mumbai Film Festival in October 2016 with the title "Ahamaq".

Reception



According to the New York Times, "it turns a literary masterpiece into a numbing soap opera as incoherent as it is technically crude."

Awards



* 1993 Filmfare Awards: Critics Award For Best Movie

References




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