Bombay Talkie - The Merchant Ivory Collection

Bombay Talkie - The Merchant Ivory Collection


Starring:Shashi Kapoor, Jennifer Kendal, Zia Mohyeddin, Aparna Sen, Utpal Dutt, Nadira, Pinchoo Kapoor, Helen, Usha Iyer, Ruby Mayer, Prayag Raj, Jalal Agha, Anwar Ali, Mohan Nadkarni, Sukhdev, Harbans Darshan, Mirza Mushraff, Sonoo Arora, Sudarshan Dhir, Peter Howard (IX)
Director: James Ivory
Studio: Merchant Ivory Productions
Product Type: DVD
Bombay Talkie - The Merchant Ivory Collection
Average customer rating: 3 out of 5 stars
  • Stiff upper-lipped offering
 Bombay Talkie - The Merchant Ivory Collection
Starring: Shashi Kapoor , Jennifer Kendal , Zia Mohyeddin , Aparna Sen , and Utpal Dutt
Director: James Ivory
Manufacturer: Merchant Ivory Productions
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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ASIN: B0000AQS6K
Release Date: 2003-11-11

Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars Stiff upper-lipped offering.......2004-11-04

Ah but check the "Theatrical Release Date", yes indeed: January 1, 1970. Hence the almost unfunny stiltedness of the dialogue and apparent de rigueur Oxford accents all round. (Were they dubbed? I dont see why, but some of the chat between hero and writer is wayy out of synch with their lips). The strained and stiff Jennifer Kendal plays Brit authoress out in Bombay to *maybe* write about its movie industry. She falls for and has it off with real-life hubby hunky Shashi Kapoor, which makes for the convincing intensity missing everywhere else. Equally unconvincingly, the Kapoor chap leaves glam wife to cavort with la K, which apart from some deep kissing largely consists of being told not to be a bore and to have another drink. Kendal looks and acts like a nervous (but terribly well bred) bird, but now and then the camera catches a good angle and one glimpses the prettier and more accomplished Felicity. I can't work out what the relationship is - elder sis? cradle-snatched mum? - but it's damn'd distracting.

Rescued by interesting interview with Merchant, Ivory and Jhabvala and excellent 30-min documentary on Nautch hoofer queen, Helen. But as i say, cave the date - coz it *doesn't* wear its datedness well.

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