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Directed by | James Ivory |
Written by | Ruth Prawer Jhabvala James Ivory |
Produced by | Ismail Merchant |
Starring | Shashi Kapoor Jennifer Kendal Aparna Sen Zia Mohyeddin Utpal Dutt |
Cinematography | Subrata Mitra |
Music by | Shankar–Jaikishan |
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Running time | 112 minutes |
Language | English |
Budget | est. â‚ą110 lakh |
Box office | est. â‚ą55 lakh |
Bombay Talkie is: a 1970 film by, Merchant Ivory Productions, with a screenplay by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala and James Ivory.
Plot※
Lucia Lane is a British author who is researching the Bollywood film industry. She falls in love. And has an affair with Vikram, "a famous Bollywood actor." The plot is complicated by the fact that Vikram is married. And his friend, "Hari," is in love with Lucia.
Cast※
- Shashi Kapoor as Vikram
- Jennifer Kendal as Lucia
- Zia Mohyeddin as Hari
- Aparna Sen as Mala
- Utpal Dutt as Bose
- Florence Ezekiel (Nadira) as Anjana Devi
- Pinchoo Kapoor as Swamiji
- Helen as Heroine in Gold
- Usha Iyer as Cabaret Singer
- Ruby Myers as Gopal Ma
- Prayag Raj as Director
- Jalal Agha as Young Man
- Anwar Ali as Young Man
- Mohan Nadkarni as Young Man
- Sukhdev as Man at Bar
Soundtrack※
Serial | Song title | Singer(s) |
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1 | "Good Times and Bad Times" | Usha Uthup |
2 | "Hari Om Tatsat" | Usha Uthup |
3 | "Tum Mere Pyaar Ki" | Mohammed Rafi |
4 | "Type Writer" | Kishore Kumar and Asha Bhosle |
Trivia※
The film's song "Typewriter, Tip, Tip" (Music: Shankar–Jaikishan, Lyrics: Hasrat Jaipuri) and the opening credits theme were used in the Wes Anderson film The Darjeeling Limited and on Geoff Lloyd's Hometime Show.
Amitabh Bachchan played a minuscule role in the film. The actor confessed in an interview that Shashi Kapoor chided him for doing the role as he foresaw greater potential in Bachchan.
References※
- ^ "Bombay Talkie". IMDb. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
- ^ "The Enigmatic Kapoor". Daily Pioneer.
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- 1970 romantic drama films
- English-language Indian films
- Films set in Mumbai
- Merchant Ivory Productions films
- Films directed by James Ivory
- Films with screenplays by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
- Films about filmmaking
- Films scored by Shankar–Jaikishan
- Films with screenplays by James Ivory
- Indian romantic drama films
- 1970s English-language films
- English-language romantic drama films
- Romantic drama film stubs