Bombay talkie, Merchant Ivory Productions ; producer, Ismail Merchant ; screenplay, R. Prawer Jhabvala, James Ivory ; director, James Ivory
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Label
Bombay talkie, Merchant Ivory Productions ; producer, Ismail Merchant ; screenplay, R. Prawer Jhabvala, James Ivory ; director, James Ivory
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
MPAA rating: Not rated
Main title
Bombay talkie
Oclc number
53715845
Responsibility statement
Merchant Ivory Productions ; producer, Ismail Merchant ; screenplay, R. Prawer Jhabvala, James Ivory ; director, James Ivory
Runtime
111
Series statement
The Merchant Ivory collection
Summary
A troubled romance laced with barbed wit and pointed melodrama and an affectionate view of the Indian film industry (aka Bollywood). A visiting English author becomes involved with a married Indian movie star; when the romance fizzles she flees to an ashram
Table Of Contents
Special features: Widescreen version enhanced for 16:9 TVs -- "Helen, Queen of the Nautch Girls" documentry short film about the legendary Bollywood dancer -- "Conversation with the filmmakers" part of a new series of interivews with Ismail Merchant, James Ivory and Ruth Prawer Jhabvala -- Language: English mono -- Subtitles: English
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action
Contributor
- Home Vision Entertainment (Firm)
- Ali, Anwar, actor
- Gladwell, David, 1935-
- Muḥīuddīn, Z̤iyāʼ, 1933-
- Nadira, 1932-2006
- Ivory, James.
- Sen, Aparna, 1945-
- Datta, Utpal.
- Raj, A. Ranga
- Nadkarni, Mohan.
- Kapoor, Shashi.
- Mitra, Subrata, 1930-2001
- Jhabvala, Ruth Prawer, 1927-2013
- Kendal, Jennifer.
- Ḥasan, Shaiḵẖ
- Merchant Ivory Productions
- Agha, Jalal, 1995-
- Criterion Collection (Firm)
- Shankar Jaikishan (Musical group)
- Merchant, Ismail.
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- Home Vision Entertainment (Firm)
- Ali, Anwar, actor
- Gladwell, David, 1935-
- Muḥīuddīn, Z̤iyāʼ, 1933-
- Nadira, 1932-2006
- Ivory, James.
- Sen, Aparna, 1945-
- Datta, Utpal.
- Raj, A. Ranga
- Nadkarni, Mohan.
- Kapoor, Shashi.
- Mitra, Subrata, 1930-2001
- Jhabvala, Ruth Prawer, 1927-2013
- Kendal, Jennifer.
- Ḥasan, Shaiḵẖ
- Merchant Ivory Productions
- Agha, Jalal, 1995-
- Criterion Collection (Firm)
- Shankar Jaikishan (Musical group)
- Merchant, Ismail.
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