Idiot (1992 film)

Idiot
Directed byMani Kaul
Written byAnup Singh
Hemendra Bhatia
Rajeev Kumar
Based onThe Idiot
by Fyodor Dostoevsky
StarringShah Rukh Khan
Ayub Khan-Din
CinematographyPiyush Shah
Edited byLalitha Krishna
Music byVikram Joglekar
D. Wood
Release date
  • 8 October 1992 (1992-10-08)
Running time
165 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

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.

  1. ^ Derek Malcolm (14 July 2011). "Mani Kaul obituary". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 24 December 2013. Retrieved 21 December 2013.