Bombay Talkie
| Bombay Talkie | |
|---|---|
 | |
| 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 |
Release date | November 20, 1970 |
Running time | 112 minutes |
| Language | English |
| Budget | ₹1.1 crore (equivalent to ₹39 crore or US$5.4 million in 2017) |
| Box office | ₹0.55 crore (equivalent to ₹19 crore or US$2.7 million in 2017) |
Bombay Talkie is a 1970 film by Merchant Ivory Productions, with a screenplay by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala and James Ivory.
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), 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.
Soundtrack
| 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" | Asha Bhosle and Kishore Kumar |
Trivia
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.[2]
References
- ↑ "Bombay Talkie (1971) - Hindi Movie Songs - Bollywood MuVyz". Bombay Talkie (1971) - Hindi Movie Songs - Bollywood MuVyz.
- ↑ "The Enigmatic Kapoor". Daily Pioneer.
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