| Bombay Talkie | |
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| Directed by | James Ivory |
| Written by | Ruth Prawer Jhabvala James Ivory |
| Produced by | Ismail Merchant |
| Starring | Shashi Kapoor Jennifer Kendal Aparna Sen Zia Mohyeddin Utpal Dutt |
| Cinematography | Subrata Mitra |
| Music by | Shankar–Jaikishan |
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Running time | 112 minutes |
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| Language | English |
| Budget | est.₹110 lakh |
| Box office | est.₹55 lakh |
Bombay Talkie is a 1970 film by Merchant Ivory Productions, with a screenplay by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala and James Ivory.
Lucia Lane is a British author who is researching the Bollywood film industry. She falls in love and has an affair with Vikram, a famous Bollywood actor. The plot is complicated by the fact that Vikram is married, and his friend, Hari, is in love with Lucia.
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. [2] [3]
| Serial | Song title | Singer(s) |
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| 1 | "Type Writer" | Kishore Kumar and Asha Bhosle |
| 2 | "Good Times and Bad Times" | Usha Uthup |
| 3 | "Hari Om Tatsat" | Usha Uthup |
| 4 | "Tum Mere Pyaar Ki" | Mohammed Rafi |
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 .
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