Idiot

Hindi · 1992 · 165 min · drama

Directed by Mani KaulShah Rukh Khan · Ayub Khan-Din

This 1992 Hindi-language adaptation of Dostoevsky's novel 'The Idiot' transplants the story to present-day Mumbai. It centers on a character named Prince Miskin, played by Ayub Khan-Din, whose seizures are misread by those around him as a sign of simplemindedness. Directed by Mani Kaul, the film also features Shah Rukh Khan and had its premiere at the New York Film Festival.

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