Bombay Talkie
| Bombay Talkie | |
|---|---|
 | |
| 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 |
Production company | |
Release date |
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Running time | 112 minutes |
| Language | English |
| Budget | est. ₹110 lakh |
| Box office | est. ₹55 lakh |
Bombay Talkie is a 1970 film by Merchant Ivory Productions, with a screenplay by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala and James Ivory.
Plot
[edit]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
[edit]- 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[1]
Soundtrack
[edit]| Serial | Song title | Singer(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 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
[edit]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.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Bombay Talkie". IMDb. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
- ^ "The Enigmatic Kapoor". Daily Pioneer.
External links
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- Films directed by James Ivory
- Films with screenplays by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
- Films about filmmaking
- Films scored by Shankar–Jaikishan
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- English-language romantic drama films
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