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

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.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:	Merchant Ivory collection. Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Corporate Authors:	Shankar Jaikishan (Musical group) Merchant Ivory Productions Criterion Collection (Firm) Home Vision Entertainment (Firm)
Other Authors:	Merchant, Ismail (Producer) Jhabvala, Ruth Prawer, 1927-2013 (Screenwriter) Ivory, James (Director) Kapoor, Shashi (Actor) Kendal, Jennifer (Actor) Muḥīuddīn, Z̤iyāʼ, 1933-2023 (Actor) Sen, Aparna, 1945- (Actor) Datta, Utpal (Actor) Nadira, 1932-2006 (Actor) Agha, Jalal, 1995- (Actor) Ali, Anwar (Actor) (Actor) Nadkarni, Mohan (Actor) Mitra, Subrata, 1930-2001 (Cinematographer) Gladwell, David, 1935- (Film editor) Raj, A. Ranga Ḥasan, Shaik̲h̲
Language:	English
Language and/or Writing System:	Closed-captioned.
Published:	[United States] : Criterion Collection : Distributed by Home Vision Entertainment, 2003.
Series:	Merchant Ivory collection. Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:	Authors, English > Drama. Motion picture industry > India > Mumbai > Drama. Ashrams > Drama. Man-woman relationships > Drama. Feature films. Musical films. Comedy films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Musical > Feature. Comedy > Feature. Drama. Ashrams. Authors, English. Man-woman relationships. Motion picture industry. India > Mumbai.
Genre:	Drama. Feature films. Musical films. Comedy films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Musical Comedy Feature.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (111 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:	Video DVD