BFI content Farrukh event

Seniors’ Free Talk: 
Writing for the Screen
By Farrukh Dhondy 

TV and Film professional Farrukh Dhondy will share his knowledge of screen writing for cinema and TV.
Author and film historian Charles Drazin will Chair the event 

Monday 09 December 2024 11:00

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Seniors’ Free Matinee: In Custody
+ intro and Q&A with screenwriter Farrukh Dhondy

Producer & director Ismail Merchant, in this humorous adaptation of Anita Desai’s novel, explores the rapid decline of Urdu as a literary language in the aftermath of Indian independence.

Monday 09 December 2024 14:00

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Director
Ismail Merchant

With Shashi Kapoor, Shabana Azmi, Om Puri

Channel Four 1994. 126min
Digital
Certificate U
Urdu and Hindi with English subtitles

Free for the over-60s (booking by phone or in person only), otherwise normal matinee price. For tickets call box office-