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| Directed by | James Ivory |
| Produced by | Ismail Merchant |
| Written by | Ruth Prawer Jhabvala James Ivory |
| Starring | Shashi Kapoor Jennifer Kendal Aparna Sen Utpal Dutt |
| Music by | Shankar-Jaikishan |
| Cinematography | Subrata Mitra |
| Release date(s) | 1970 |
| Running time | 112 minutes |
| Language | English |
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- Disambiguation: For the Scottish Bhangra band, see Bombay Talkie (band)
Bombay Talkie (1970) is a film by Merchant Ivory Productions, with a screenplay by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala and James Ivory. Bombay Talkies was a film studio that made films in the early part of the Hindi film industry.
[edit] Plot
Lucia Lane (Jennifer Kendal) is a British author who is researching the Bollywood film industry. She falls in love and has an affair with Vikram (Shashi Kapoor), who is a famous Bollywood actor. The plot is complicated by the fact that Vikram is married, and his friend, Hari, is also in love with Lucia.
[edit] In popular culture
- The song "Typewriter, Tip, Tip" (Music: Shankar-Jaikishan, Lyrics: Hasrat Jaipuri) as well as the opening credits theme (composed by Satyajit Ray) were used in the Wes Anderson film The Darjeeling Limited.
[edit] External links
- Merchant Ivory overview
- Bombay Talkie at the Internet Movie Database
- Blogpost on the film's title sequence
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