Bombay Talkies backdrop

Bombay Talkies 2014 Directed by Vickram Kapadia

The play depicts the lives of seven people living in Mumbai, all with their own uniquely moving story. It tries to capture the essence of people living in the city through seven characters who have been strung together in a series of monologues. Stories about the ambitions of a child artist, the escape of a ridiculed wife into art, a single mother’s sacrifice of her life for the sake of her children, child abuse, a TV reporter’s regret of the media’s inability to celebrate positivism rather than sensationalism and negative news, a hilarious take on corruption by a broker and the west beckoning today’s youth are all interwoven. Each character, marked by failure and doubt are clearly self –censored. While they may communicate through candid expression, they subtly allude to greater truths.

Country India
Production Country India
Language Hindi
Spoken Language Hindi
Release Date 8 August 2014
74 mins
Cast
Ratnabali Bhattacharjee Rohini Bannerjee
Neil Bhoopalam Patrick Menezes
Namit Das Shobit Patel
Rasika Dugal Amrita Mathur
Darshan Jariwala Raj Gidwani
Mansi Multani Baby Dimple
Anahita Uberoi Kavita Dubey