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Bombay Talkie (1970)
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Lucia Lane, an English writer by way of the US, arrives in Bombay to watch the filming of one of her novels...
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | Shashi Kapoor | ... | Vikram |
| Jennifer Kendal | ... | Lucia Lane |
| Zia Mohyeddin | ... | Hari |
| Aparna Sen | ... | Mala |
| Utpal Dutt | ... | Bose |
| Nadira | ... | Anjana Devi |
| Pinchoo Kapoor | ... | Swamiji |
| Helen | ... | Heroine in Gold |
| Usha Iyer | ... | Cabaret Singer |
| Ruby Mayer | ... | Gopal Ma (as Sulochana) |
| Prayag Raj | ... | Director (as Prayag Raaj) |
| Jalal Agha | ... | Young Man |
| Anwar Ali | ... | Young Man |
| Mohan Nadkarni | ... | Young Man |
| Sukhdev | ... | Man at Bar |
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112 min | UK:105 min
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Amitabh Bachchan had shot for a scene as an extra in a funeral scene, his scene was removed from the final print.
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Referenced in The Darjeeling Limited (2007)
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| Lucia + Hari... | nubka |
| Was the original version different? | VirginiaK_NYC |
| Did Amitabh Bachchan appear in the Movie? | afy101 |
| Songs | joymukh |
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This movie is about the love affair of an western writer and an Indian film star. I liked it very much and the point I found most interesting is the western craving for eastern spirituality exemplified by the visit and internship of the heroine in an Indian guru. The movie presents the guru in a savage light, as a self-promoting socialite proud of his western connections. Whether it is questionable that all the exponents of eastern spirituality as such cranks the one in the movie is, thus a satirist perspective is adopted. The characters are shallow and self-absorbed and their lives hollow, the movie pointing to the emptiness of stardom.The end is tragic and the world-view exposed is close to that of Ecclesiastes. Despite that I found the couple of the protagonists very engaging since as Oscar Wilde said only shallow people refuse to judge by appearances.