Bombay Talkie

For the Scottish Bhangra band, see Bombay Talkie (band). For the film studio, see Bombay Talkies. For the 2013 film, see Bombay Talkies (film).
Bombay Talkie
Directed by James Ivory
Produced by Ismail Merchant
Written by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
James Ivory
Starring Shashi Kapoor
Jennifer Kendal
Aparna Sen
Zia Mohyeddin
Utpal Dutt
Music by Shankar-Jaikishan
Cinematography Subrata Mitra
Release dates
  • 18 November 1970 (1970-11-18)
Running time
112 minutes
Language English

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.

Soundtrack

Serial Song Title Singer(s)
1 "Good Times and Bad Times" Usha Uthup
2 "Hari Om Tatsat" Usha Uthup
3 "Tum Mere Pyaar Ki" Mohammed Rafi
4 "Type Writer" Asha Bhosle and Kishore Kumar

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In popular culture

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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