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Bookmark this pageBombay Talkie (1970)
Director: James Ivory
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
Misjudged attempt at examining the popular Indian cinema while trying to reach both its audience and a wider international one. American writer arrives in Bombay, starts affair with film star, and slights would-be-poet - with tragic consequences. With the playing not quite satire, not quite straight, the compromises leap from every frame. Gentle and pleasing in a perverse way, but entirely insubstantial.Author: JW
Cast & crew
Director: James Ivory
Producer: Ismail Merchant
Cast: Shashi Kapoor, Jennifer Kendal, Zia Mohyeddin, Aparna Sen, Utpal Dutt, Nadira full cast
Duration: 105 mins
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