Bombay Talkie (1970)
An English novelist travels to Bombay to watch one of her novels translated to film. She chases after the movie's leading man while the screenwriter chases after her.
- Date of release
- 1970-11-18
- TMDB
- 5.6 / 10 (8)
- Runtime
- 1h 52m
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Director
- James Ivory
Casting
- Shashi Kapoor — Vikram
- Jennifer Kendal — Lucia Lane
- Zia Mohyeddin — Hari
- Aparna Sen — Mala
- Utpal Dutt — Bose
- Nadira — Anjana Devi
- Pinchoo Kapoor — Swamiji
- Helen — Heroine in Gold
- Sonoo Arora — Heroine in Red
- Iftekhar — Vizarat Khan
- Ismail Merchant — Fate Machine Producer
- Jalal Agha — Young Man
Interesting facts
Bombay Talkie is a 1970 film by Merchant Ivory Productions, with a screenplay by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala and James Ivory.
Production
Amitabh Bachchan played a small role in the film. The actor confessed in an interview that Shashi Kapoor chided him for doing the role as he foresaw greater potential in Bachchan and that he left after one day of shoot before he was to say his line.
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