| Idiot | |
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| Directed by | Mani Kaul |
| Written by | Anup Singh Hemendra Bhatia Rajeev Kumar |
| Based on | The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky |
| Starring | Shah Rukh Khan Ayub Khan-Din |
| Cinematography | Piyush Shah |
| Edited by | Lalitha Krishna |
| Music by | Vikram Joglekar D. Wood |
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Running time | 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.