Starring: Shashi Kapoor, Jennifer Kendal, Zia Mohyeddin, Aparna Sen, Utpal Dutt, Pincho Kapoor, Helen, Prayag Raaj
Merchant Ivory Productions Presents Director: James Ivory Screenplay: Ruth Prawer Jhabvala Producer: Ismail Merchant Photography: Subrata Mitra Music: Shankar Jaikishan Editor: David Gladwell
Bombay Talkie is Merchant Ivory’s affectionate, bemused view of Bollywood – India’s huge dream factory. The film is like a brightly coloured sumptuous Indian sweet covered in gold foil, and cameraman Subrata Mitra’s ravishing photography has never been surpassed in any other of James Ivory Films. The story, set off by elaborate studio numbers, is a melodrama echoing those of Bombay’s Mass-audience movies and the sexy best sellers of the film’s heroine, America authoress Lucia lane (Jennifer Kendal). Visiting India in search of “new material”, she becomes romantically involved with handsome movie star, Vikram (Shashi Kapoor, Sammy and Rosie Get Laid, Shakespeare Wallah, Heat and Dust). When that doesn’t work out, she flees to an ashram to take up the spiritual life. That also – hilariously – doesn’t work out, and the ill-fated couple get together again with explosive results.
Special Features : Interview with Merchant Ivory Productions Original theatrical trailer Insight into Bombay talkie Colour mode: Colour Disc Format: DVD9 Picture format: 16:9 Audio content: Dolby Digital Region code: PAL Dual Layer format: transition between layers may trigger a slight pause. Widescreen Version
Opening credits The studio Reading the play I have an idea Who’s this Make time What did she say? Can I come in? Are you happy? Writing a letter Any news? It’s my birthday The party End credits
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