Bombay Talkie
- IMDb link: 0065484
- IMDb rating: 5.6 (521 votes) Search
- Genres: Drama, Music, Romance, Musical
- Director: Shashi Kapoor, James Ivory, Aparna Sen
- Cast: Jennifer Kendal, Zia Mohyeddin and others
- Release date: 18 Oct 1979
- Release year: 1970
- Runtime: 112 minutes
- Country: United States
- Keywords: travel, interracial romance, actor, self absorption, loneliness, british in india, extramarital affair, female novelist, ivory and s. kapoor, marital infidelity
Plot:
Lucia Lane, an English writer by way of the US, arrives in Bombay to watch the filming of one of her novels. She's nearing middle age, she's had several husbands, she's lonely and self absorbed. Hari, a screenwriter, offers to show her around. She's interested only in the film's leading man, Vikram, younger than she, married, and building a career as a matinee idol. Lucia takes every opportunity to be near "V," making scenes in front of his wife, demanding his attentions. Hari is long suffering, carrying Lucia's messages to V, helping her out when the affair gets out of hand. Meanwhile, V's career suffers, with unpleasant repercussions. Who will bring things to a halt?
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