Pioneering Mumbai studio turns to dust

Glory days of Bombay Talkies nothing more than a memory

MUMBAI, India - Tears roll down the face of 79-year-old Ismail Mohammad Gauri as he recalls the glory days of Bombay Talkies, once one of Bollywood's greatest studios but which has now faded into cinema history.

He remembers the big cars that parked outside the house where he grew up, the mango trees in the studio compound where he and his friends used to play and how they were awestruck by the actors who ate in the local restaurant.