Bombay Talkies (film)
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| Directed by |
Karan Johar Dibakar Banerjee Zoya Akhtar Anurag Kashyap |
| Produced by | Ashi Dua |
| Written by | Karan Johar Dibakar Banerjee Zoya Akhtar Anurag Kashyap Reema Kagti |
| Starring |
Rani Mukerji Randeep Hooda Saqib Saleem Vineet Kumar Singh Nawazuddin Siddiqui Sadashiv Amrapurkar Naman Jain Katrina Kaif Amitabh Bachchan |
| Music by | Amit Trivedi |
| Cinematography | Anil Mehta Carlos Catalan Nikos Andritsakis Rajeev Ravi Ayananka Bose |
| Edited by | Deepa Bhatia |
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Flying Unicorn Entertainment
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| Distributed by | Viacom 18 Motion Pictures |
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Running time
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128 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi English |
| Budget | ₹6 crore (equivalent to ₹7.1 crore or US$1.1 million in 2016) |
| Box office | ₹14.3 crore (equivalent to ₹17 crore or US$2.5 million in 2016) |
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| Soundtrack album to Bombay Talkies by Amit Trivedi | ||||
| Recorded | 2013 | |||
| Genre | Feature Film Soundtrack | |||
| Length | 23:30 | |||
| Language | Hindi | |||
| Label | T-Series | |||
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Bombay Talkies is a 2013 Indian anthology film consisting of four short films, directed by Anurag Kashyap, Dibakar Banerjee, Zoya Akhtar and Karan Johar. The film released on 3 May 2013, coinciding with and celebrating the 100th year of Indian cinema and the beginning of a new era in modern cinema. It was screened at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival on 17 May 2013.
The short film begins with Avinash (Saqib Saleem), a young man, bursting into his house. He wakes his father and pushes him against the wall declaring that he is homosexual. He leaves his parents house, distraught and heartbroken but ready for a new start. He passes a girl at a train station singing "Ajeeb Dastan Hain Ye." Gayatri (Rani Mukerji) is married to Dev (Randeep Hooda). Gayatri, who works for a magazine meets Avinash, the new intern. Avinash informs her that he's gay and is shocked to see that it doesn't shock her. They gradually become very close. On his birthday, Gayatri invites Avinash home for dinner. That evening, Gayatri tells Dev that Avinash is gay. Dev seems shocked.
During dinner, Avinash and Dev find that they both share a love for old Hindi films and music. Avinash leans over Dev to look at something on the table and Dev visibly reacts. The next day, Gayatri leaves for some work. Avinash goes to her house to meet Dev. He gives him a CD and then invites him to come out. (A funny play on "coming out of the closet.") Avinash takes Dev to meet the little girl who sings "Lag jaa gale." Dev is shocked. He pays the girl a lot of money and asks her what she plans on doing with it. She says she will buy food for her brothers and sisters. He asks her if she's lying. She curtly replies that she isn't, and telling lies is bad.
By this point, Avinash is sure that Dev is gay but hasn't come out of the closet. The next day he meets Gayatri who happily informs him that she and Dev had amazing sex the last night. Avinash is disappointed and angry, knowing fully well that he is the reason for Dev's good mood.
He goes to meet Dev at work. He admits that he took the one-hour journey between the offices just to meet him. Dev is embarrassed and asks him to leave. Avinash reaches over to hug him sensually, alarming Dev. Dev loses his temper and begins to beat Avinash up. Avinash leaves Dev, and goes back home. The beating he received from Dev triggers memories of his own father beating him up upon discovering his sexuality.
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