Bombay Talkies (2013) on Netflix
Four stories span a century of Hindi cinema. Avinash declares his homosexuality to his father, Purandar is cast to say a single word, Vicky dances in secret, Vijay carries murabba to Mumbai.
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- IMDb6.6/106,077 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes78%
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Plot summary
The anthology marks a hundred years of Hindi cinema with four separate stories. Avinash confronts his father and declares his homosexuality, then leaves his parental home. A magazine internship brings him to Gayatri, who is married to Dev. Purandar, a stage actor in need of work, is picked from a street crowd for a film shoot and learns his whole part is a single exclamation. Twelve-year-old Vicky loves Bollywood dancing and idolizes an actress, but his father pushes him toward football. Vijay travels from Allahabad to Mumbai to feed a Bollywood superstar a piece of his family's homemade murabba, the final wish of his ailing father, and must get past the actor's security.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Bombay Talkies (2013)
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- The song "Apna Bombay Talkies" brought six 1990s playback singers together for the first time: Kavita Krishnamurthy, Alka Yagnik, Kumar Sanu, Udit Narayan, Sadhana Sargam and Abhijeet, joined by veteran S. P. Balasubrahmanyam. Each sang for an actor whose hits they had most often voiced.
