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Bombil and Beatrice

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Bombil and Beatrice
Directed byKaizad Gustad
Written byKaizad Gustad
Produced byManu Kumaran
Ayesha Shroff
Taizoon Khorakiwala
StarringPrashant Narayanan
Katie McGuinness
Piyush Mishra
CinematographyTrevor Forrest
Edited bySteve Mercer
Robert Wallace
Music byA.R. Rahman
Release date
  • 2007 (2007)
Running time
97 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageEnglish

Bombil & Beatrice is an Indian English language romantic thriller film directed by Kaizad Gustad.[1] Presented by Medient In association with Crossover Joint Ventures & Quest Films Limited, the film stars Katie McGuinness, Prashant Narayanan and Piyush Mishra in lead roles.[2][3] The film was released at the Cannes film festival in 2007.[4][5][6]

Premise

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Many years ago, amid palpable tension between the Britishers and the Indians due to the ongoing struggle for freedom, an English woman named Beatrice and an Indian man named Vilas were in love with each other and promised to wait for even a 100 years if they had to so as to live together. On New Year's Eve Beatrice decides to run away with Vilas but tragedy strikes before she can even meet him and her love story comes to an abrupt end. A century has passed now, and Beatrice finds out that Vilas has been reborn as Bombil. Beatrice decides to meet him and gives him a job to do.[2]

Cast

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Production

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Filming

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Bombil and Beatrice was filmed in London and Mumbai.[7]

References

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  1. ^ "Bombil and Beatrice - Details". British Council.
  2. ^ a b "Bombil & Beatrice". Mediente. 29 September 2016.
  3. ^ Bombil & Beatrice Trailer. YouTube. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021.
  4. ^ "iDream scores with Indian-themed films". Variety. 24 May 2007.
  5. ^ "'I don't want to be the next Emraan Hashmi'". Hindustan Times. 22 June 2010.
  6. ^ "Cannes market buzz titles 2007: Asia". Screen Daily.
  7. ^ "Ayesha Shroff's next production to release by year-end". Mid-Day. 31 August 2009.
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