Bombay Talkie
For the Scottish Bhangra band, see Bombay Talkie (band). For the film studio, see Bombay Talkies. For the 2013 film, see Bombay Talkies (film).
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 |
Release dates |
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Running time | 112 minutes |
Language | English |
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) |
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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 |
In popular culture
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.
References
External links
- Bombay Talkie at the Internet Movie Database
- Merchant Ivory overview
- Blogpost on the film's title sequence
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