Rent Bombay Talkie (1970)
2.9 of 5 from 53 ratings
1h 45min
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- Synopsis:
- The story, set off by elaborate studio numbers, is a melodrama echoing those of Bombay's mass audience movies moviesand the sexy best sellers of the film's heroine, American authoress Lucia Lane (Jennifer Kendal). Visiting India in a search of "new material", she becomes romantically involved with handsome movies star, Vikram (Shashi Kapoor). When that doesn't work out she flees to an ashram to take up the spiritual life. That also - hilariously - doesn't work out, and the ill-fated couple get together again with explosive results.
- Actors:
- Shashi Kapoor, Jennifer Kendal, Zia Mohyeddin, Aparna Sen, Utpal Dutt, Nadira, Pinchoo Kapoor, Helen, Usha Iyer, Ruby Mayer, Prayag Raj, Jalal Agha, Anwar Ali, Mohan Nadkarni, Sukhdev
- Directors:
- James Ivory
- Producers:
- Ismail Merchant
- Writers:
- Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, James Ivory
- Studio:
- Odyssey Quest
- Genres:
- Drama, Romance
- Collections:
- A History of Films about Film: Part 2
