Bombil and Beatrice

Bombil and Beatrice
Directed by Kaizad Gustad
Produced by Manu Kumaran
Ayesha Shroff
Taizoon Khorakiwala
Written by Kaizad Gustad
Starring Prashant Narayanan
Katie McGuinness
Piyush Mishra
Music by A.R. Rahman
Cinematography Trevor Forrest
Edited by Steve Mercer
Robert Wallace
Release date
2007
Running time
97 minutes
Country India
Language English

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]

Plot

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 could 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

Production

Filming

The filming of Bombay and Beatrice was done in London and Mumbai.[7]

References

  1. "Bombil and Beatrice - Details". British Council.
  2. 1 2 "Bombil & Beatrice". Mediente.
  3. "Bombil & Beatrice Trailer". YouTube.
  4. "iDream scores with Indian-themed films". Variety.
  5. "'I don't want to be the next Emraan Hashmi'". Hindustan Times.
  6. "Cannes market buzz titles 2007: Asia". Screen Daily.
  7. "Ayesha Shroff's next production to release by year-end". Mid-Day.


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