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
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

System Under Maintenance

Our Library Management System is currently under maintenance.

Holdings and item availability information is currently unavailable. Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience this may cause and contact us for further assistance:

Please contact Reference and Discovery Services via their Contact Form or call them directly at: 517-353-8700 for assistance.