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Director:
James Ivory
Writers:
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (screenplay) &
James Ivory (screenplay)
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Genre:
Drama | Musical | Romance more
Plot:
Lucia Lane, an English writer by way of the US, arrives in Bombay to watch the filming of one of her novels... more | add synopsis
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Cast

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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
Harbans Darshan M. Arora ... Man at Bar (as Harbans Darshan)
Mirza Musharraf ... Fan (as Mirza Mushraff)
Sonoo Arora ... Heroine in Red
Sudarshan Dhir ... Choreographer
Peter Howard ... Ashram Inmates
Angelika Saleh ... Ashram Inmates
Nicholas Lear ... Ashram Inmates
Tommy Reeves ... Ashram Inmates (as Tom Reeves)
David Gladwell ... Ashram Inmates
Iftekhar ... Vizarat Khan
Kamala Mehra ... Operator
Dattaram Wadkar ... Playback Singer (as Ditta Ram)
Mohan Dingra ... Jeweller
Saudagar Singh ... Wrestlers
Vasant Singh ... Wrestlers
Avadh N. Singh ... Referee
Shama Hussein ... Two Ladies
Indu Lele ... Two Ladies
Louis de Souza ... Servant
Ismail Merchant ... Fate Machine Producer
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Amitabh Bachchan ... Mourner in funeral (scenes deleted)
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Directed by
James Ivory 
 
Writing credits
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (screenplay) (as R. Prawer Jhabvala) &
James Ivory (screenplay)

Produced by
Ismail Merchant .... producer
 
Original Music by
Jaikishan Dayabhai Pankal  (as Jaikishan)
Shankarsinh Raghuwanshi  (as Shankar)
 
Cinematography by
Subrata Mitra 
 
Film Editing by
David Gladwell 
 
Production Design by
A. Rangaraj  (as A. Ranga Raj)
 
Makeup Department
Nath Grover .... makeup artist
 
Production Management
Narendra Kumar .... production manager
Abbas Shaikh .... assistant production manager
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Shama Habibullah .... third assistant director
Awtar Krishna Kaul .... second assistant director (as Awtar Kaul)
Tommy Reeves .... assistant director (as Tom Reeves)
 
Art Department
Gyanchand .... property master
 
Sound Department
Mangesh Desai .... sound re-recordist
A.K. Parmar .... sound re-recordist
Narinder Singh .... sound recordist (as Narenda Singh)
Prabhakar Supare .... sound editor
 
Camera and Electrical Department
M.B. Ansari .... electrician
Adeep Tandon .... assistant camera
 
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Shaikh Hassan .... wardrobe
 
Music Department
Asha Bhosle .... playback singer
Kishore Kumar .... playback singer
Mohammad Rafi .... playback singer
 
Other crew
Sudarshan Dhir .... choreographer
Mohan Sawh .... unit publicist (as Mohan S. Bawa)
Mohamed Shafi .... production controller
 

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Runtime:
112 min | UK:105 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Eastmancolor)
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
USA:GP
Filming Locations:
K. Asif Studios, Andheri, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Company:
Merchant Ivory Productions more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Amitabh Bachchan had shot for a scene as an extra in a funeral scene, his scene was removed from the final print. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in The Darjeeling Limited (2007) more

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A little old - could have been worse., 14 December 2005
7/10
Author: Saman from Houston, Texas

An early film by my favorite trio Ivory, Merchant and Jhabvala, failed to light my senses in this nonsensical musical farce. The additional content on the DVD is much better with a feature on the very talented Helen and the customary chat with the trio on making of this movie. This film seems to insult everyone: a very uncaring and self indulgent white authoress, a very lustful Indian actor with no scruples, a charlatan guru, and a mediocre poet with an obsession to murder. Mix this lot in a movie and you get the customary tale of confusion and bad acting. Some moments of the film are memorable including the beginning scene on the giant typewriter, the incredible shots of the staircase at the hotel, and the general view into Bombay film making of the 70s. The ending is, well, rather abrupt, and I was glad it was. Rent it just for the extras on the DVD.

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