Bombay Talkie
| Bombay Talkie | |
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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 Zia Mohyeddin Utpal Dutt |
| Music by | Shankar-Jaikishan |
| Cinematography | Subrata Mitra |
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Release date
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November 20, 1970 |
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Running time
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112 minutes |
| Language | English |
| Budget | ₹1.1 crore (equivalent to ₹38 crore or US$5.6 million in 2016) |
| Box office | ₹0.55 crore (equivalent to ₹19 crore or US$2.8 million in 2016) |
Bombay Talkie is a 1970 film by Merchant Ivory Productions, with a screenplay by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala and James Ivory.
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), a famous Bollywood actor. The plot is complicated by the fact that Vikram is married, and his friend, Hari (Zia Mohyeddin), is in love with Lucia.
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 movie. The actor confessed in an interview that Shashi Kapoor chided him for doing the role as he foresaw greater potential in Bachchan.
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