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Bombay Talkie
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Wikipedia article
'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.
Cast
* Shashi Kapoor as Vikram
* Jennifer Kendal as Lucia
* Zia Mohyeddin as Hari
* Aparna Sen as Mala
* Utpal Dutt as Bose
* Florence Ezekiel (Nadira) as Anjana Devi
* Pinchoo Kapoor as Swamiji
* Helen as Heroine in Gold
* Usha Iyer as Cabaret Singer
* Ruby Myers as Gopal Ma
* Prayag Raj as Director
* Jalal Agha as Young Man
* Anwar Ali as Young Man
* Mohan Nadkarni as Young Man
* Sukhdev as Man at Bar
Soundtrack
Trivia
The film's song "Typewriter, Tip, Tip" (Music: ShankarJaikishan, 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'.
Amitabh Bachchan played a minuscule 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.
References
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