Bombil and Beatrice

Bombil and Beatrice
Directed by	Kaizad Gustad
Written by	Kaizad Gustad
Produced by	Manu Kumaran Ayesha Shroff Taizoon Khorakiwala
Starring	Prashant Narayanan Katie McGuinness Piyush Mishra
Cinematography	Trevor Forrest
Edited by	Steve Mercer Robert Wallace
Music by	A.R. Rahman
Release date	2007 (2007)
Running time	97 minutes
Country	India
Language	English

Bombil & Beatrice is an Indian English language romantic thriller film directed by Kaizad Gustad.^[1] Presented by Medient In association with Crossover Joint Ventures & Quest Films Limited, the film stars Katie McGuinness, Prashant Narayanan and Piyush Mishra in lead roles.^[2][3] The film was released at the Cannes film festival in 2007.^[4][5][6]

Premise

Many years ago, amid palpable tension between the Britishers and the Indians due to the ongoing struggle for freedom, an English woman named Beatrice and an Indian man named Vilas were in love with each other and promised to wait for even a 100 years if they had to so as to live together. On New Year's Eve Beatrice decides to run away with Vilas but tragedy strikes before she can even meet him and her love story comes to an abrupt end. A century has passed now, and Beatrice finds out that Vilas has been reborn as Bombil. Beatrice decides to meet him and gives him a job to do.^[2]

Cast

• Prashant Narayanan as Vilas/Bombil
• Katie McGuinness as Beatrice
• Piyush Mishra

Production

Filming

Bombil and Beatrice was filmed in London and Mumbai.^[7]

References

1. "Bombil and Beatrice - Details". British Council.
2. "Bombil & Beatrice". Mediente. 29 September 2016.
3. Bombil & Beatrice Trailer. YouTube. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021.
4. "iDream scores with Indian-themed films". Variety. 24 May 2007.
5. "'I don't want to be the next Emraan Hashmi'". Hindustan Times. 22 June 2010.
6. "Cannes market buzz titles 2007: Asia". Screen Daily.
7. "Ayesha Shroff's next production to release by year-end". Mid-Day. 31 August 2009.

External links

• Bombil and Beatrice at IMDb