BIB_ID
453168
Accession number
MA 23840.601h
Credit line
Gift of James Ivory, 2021. NNPM
Description
1 photograph : silver gelatin ; 10 x 15 cm
Notes
Date from year of production of "Bombay Talkie."
An on-set still from "Bombay Talkie" (1970).
Originally enclosed in a letter from Ismail Merchant to Ruth Prawer Jhabvala dated February 10, 1970 [see MA 23840.601].
An on-set still from "Bombay Talkie" (1970).
Originally enclosed in a letter from Ismail Merchant to Ruth Prawer Jhabvala dated February 10, 1970 [see MA 23840.601].
Provenance
James Ivory.
Summary
Full length shot of actors Zia Mohyeddin (1933-2023) and Shashi Kapoor (1938-2017) at the end of the final scene of "Bombay Talkie"; Kapoor lies "dead" on the floor (face turned away from camera) and Mohyeddin kneels over his body.
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