| 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 |
| 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.
| 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" | Kishore Kumar and Asha Bhosle |
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.
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.[2]
