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Bombay Talkie

Bombay Talkie

1970Movie⏱️ 1h 52mGP
DramaMusicRomance
5.6
IMDB Rating
522 votes

Lucia Lane, an English writer by way of the US, arrives in Bombay to watch the filming of one of her novels. She's nearing middle age, she's had several husbands, she's lonely and self absorbed. Hari, a screenwriter, offers to sho...

Director
James Ivory
Writers
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, James Ivory
Stars
Shashi Kapoor, Jennifer Kendal, Zia Mohyeddin
Release Date
October 18, 1979
Language
English
Country
United States
💬 13
Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Shashi Kapoor
Shashi Kapoor
as Vikram
Jennifer Kendal
Jennifer Kendal
as Lucia Lane
Zia Mohyeddin
Zia Mohyeddin
as Hari
Aparna Sen
Aparna Sen
as Mala
Utpal Dutt
Utpal Dutt
as Bose
Nadira
Nadira
as Anjana Devi
Pinchoo Kapoor
Pinchoo Kapoor
as Swamiji
Helen
Helen
as Heroine in Gold
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Usha Iyer
as Cabaret Singer
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Ruby Mayer
as Gopal Ma

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.78 : 1
Sound
Mono
Filming Location
Taj Mahal Palace Hotel, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Production
Merchant Ivory Productions

🏷️ Keywords

travelinterracial romanceactorself absorptionloneliness

🎯 Categories

DramaMusicRomance

⭐ Featured Review

Compelling and Repelling
by GypsiB2018-05-06
8/10

"Lucia Lane (Jennifer Kendal), self-absorbed and demanding, is a British author who has come to Bombay to research her next novel. She falls in love with Vikram (played by Kendal's real-life husband Shashi Kapoor), a younger, popular Bollywood hero. The already complicated relationship is worsened by the fact that Vikram's wife (Aparna Sen) knows of the affair, and that his friend, Hari (Zia Mohyeddin), is in love with Lucia, and roiling with jealousy. Ruth Prawer Jhabvala has written a screenplay that is both credible and compelling, with dark undertones. One simply can't like ..."

💡 Did You Know?

Portraying reel life lovers in this movie, stars Shashi Kapoor and Jennifer Kendal, in real life were married.

📖 Synopsis

Lucia Lane, an English writer by way of the US, arrives in Bombay to watch the filming of one of her novels. She's nearing middle age, she's had several husbands, she's lonely and self absorbed. Hari, a screenwriter, offers to sho...