Bombay Talkie

Bombay Talkie

Infobox Film | name = Bombay Talkie


caption =
director = James Ivory
producer = Ismail Merchant
writer = Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
James Ivory
starring = Shashi Kapoor
Jennifer Kendal
Aparna Sen
Utpal Dutt
music =
cinematography =
editing =
distributor =
released = 1970
runtime = 112 minutes
language = English
budget =
preceded_by =
followed_by =
imdb_id = 0065484
::"Disambiguation: For the Scottish Bhangra band, see Bombay Talkie (band)"

"Bombay Talkie" (1970) is a film by Merchant Ivory Productions, with a screenplay by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala and James Ivory. Bombay Talkies was a film studio that made films in the early part of the Hindi film industry.

Plot synopsis

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), who is a famous Bollywood actor. The plot is complicated by the fact that Vikram is married, and his friend, Hari, is also in love with Lucia.

External links

* [http://www.merchantivory.com/bombay.html Merchant Ivory overview]


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