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Bombay talkie / Merchant Ivory Productions ; producer, Ismail Merchant ; screenplay, R. Prawer Jhabvala, James Ivory ; director, James Ivory.

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Format:
Video
Contributor:
Merchant, Ismail, producer.
Jhabvala, Ruth Prawer, 1927-2013, screenwriter.
Ivory, James, director, screenwriter.
Kapoor, Shashi, actor.
Kendal, Jennifer, actor.
Muḥīuddīn, Z̤iyāʼ, 1933-2023, actor.
Sen, Aparna, 1945- actor.
Datta, Utpal, actor.
Munnī Begam, actor.
Agha, Jalal, actor.
Ali, Anwar, actor.
Nadkarni, Mohan, 1922-2014, actor.
Shankar Jaikishan (Musical group), composer.
Helen, performer.
Merchant Ivory Productions, producer.
Criterion Collection (Firm), distributor.
Home Vision Entertainment (Firm), distributor.
Series:
Merchant Ivory collection
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Motion picture industry--India--Drama.
Motion picture industry.
Man-woman relationships--Drama.
Man-woman relationships.
India.
Motion picture actors or actresses--India--Drama.
Motion picture actors or actresses.
Motion pictures, Indic.
Genre:
Drama.
Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Feature films.
Romance films.
Motion pictures, Indic.
Video recordings.
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (111 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + pamphlet ([8] pages : color illustrations ; 18 cm).
polychrome
Edition:
Widescreen presentation.
Place of Publication:
[United States] : Criterion Collection : Distributed by Home Vision Entertainment, 2003.
Language Note:
Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
System Details:
DVD, region 1, NTSC; Dolby Digital mono.
digital
optical
mono
Dolby
NTSC
video file
DVD video
region 1
Summary:
A troubled romance laced with barbed wit and pointed melodrama. An affectionate view of the Indian film industry (aka Bollywood).
Participant:
Shashi Kapoor, Jennifer Kendal, Zia Mohyeddin, Aparna Sen, Utpal Dutt, Nadira, Jalal Agha, Anwar Ali, Mohan Nadkarni.
Credits:
Director of photography, Subrata Mitra ; art director, A. Ranga Raj ; editor, David Gladwell ; music, Shankar Jaikishan ; costume designer, Shaikh Hasan.
Notes:
Aspect ratio 1.78:1 ; "enhanced for widescreen tvs."
Special features include: "Helen, Queen of the Nautch girls" documentary short about the Bollywood dancer ; conversation with the filmmakers.
Contains:
Helen, queen of the nautch girls.
ISBN:
0780026772
OCLC:
53715845
Publisher Number:
037429179123
BOM020 Home Vision Entertainment

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