BIB_ID
453169
Accession number
MA 23840.601j
Credit line
Gift of James Ivory, 2021. NNPM
Description
1 photograph : silver gelatin ; 1970
Notes
Date from year of production of "Bombay Talkie."
An on-set still from "Bombay Talkie" (1970).
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).
Enclosed in a letter from Ismail Merchant to Ruth Prawer Jhabvala dated February 10, 1970 [see MA 23840.601].
Provenance
James Ivory.
Summary
Close, blurry shot of actors Zia Mohyeddin (1933-2023) and Shashi Kapoor (1938-2017) at the end of the final scene of "Bombay Talkie"; Kapoor has just been stabbed and is sliding down to the ground, with Mohyeddin holding him.
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