| Description |
1 videodisc (111 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.. |
| Series |
The Merchant Ivory collection |
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Merchant Ivory collection.
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| System Details |
DVD, region 1, widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital mono. |
| Cast |
Shashi Kapoor, Jennifer Kendal, Zia Mohyeddin, Aparna Sen, Utpal Dutt, Nadira, Jalal Agha, Anwar Ali, Mohan Nadkarni. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Subrata Mitra ; art director, A. Ranga Raj ; editor, David Gladwell ; music, Shankar Jaikishan ; costume designer, Shaikh Hasan. |
| Note |
Originally released in 1970 as a motion picture. |
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Special features: documentary: Helen, queen of the nautch girls ; Conversations with the filmmakers. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: Not rated. |
| Language |
Closed-captioned. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Authors, English -- Drama.
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Motion picture industry -- India -- Bombay -- Drama.
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Ashrams -- Drama.
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Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Feature films -- Great Britain.
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Musical films.
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Comedy films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Merchant, Ismail. Producer.
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Jhabvala, Ruth Prawer, 1927-2013. Screenwriter.
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Ivory, James. Director.
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Kapoor, Shashi. Actor.
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Kendal, Jennifer. Actor.
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Muḥīuddīn, Z̤iyāʼ, 1933-2023. Actor.
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Sen, Aparna, 1945- Actor.
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Datta, Utpal. Actor.
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Munnī Begam. Actor.
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Agha, Jalal. Actor.
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Ali, Anwar. Actor.
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Nadkarni, Mohan, 1922-2014. Actor.
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Mitra, Subrata, 1930-2001. Cinematographer.
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Gladwell, David. Film editor.
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Raj, A. Ranga.
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Ḥasan, Shaiḵẖ.
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Shankar Jaikishan (Musical group)
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Merchant Ivory Productions.
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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Home Vision Entertainment (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Helen, queen of the nautch girls.
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| ISBN |
0780026772 |
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9780780026773 |
| Standard No. |
037429179123 |
| Music No. |
BOM020 Home Vision Entertainment |
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