Joy Mukerji's Love in Bombay finally to release on 2 August

Forty years after it was made in 1973, PVR Director’s Rare is gearing up to release the late Joy Mukerji's unreleased film Love in Bombay on 2 August, 2013. Said Joy’s wife Neelam in a statement, “We are really touched by PVR Director Rare's gesture to release the film. They are giving today's young generation a chance to enjoy my husband's classic work. I'm sure they will appreciate his cinema and the same will create nostalgia for those who have seen his work before. I would also like to appreciate the unrelenting effort that was put by Avitel Post Studio in restoring the film's negative." The film, that stars Mukerji in the lead opposite Waheeda Rehman, was part of the trilogy, the ‘Love in’ series that started with Love in Simla in 1960 followed by the golden jubilee hit Love in Tokyo in 1966. The ball started rolling when Joy's children Sujoy, Monjoy and Simran NeeMukerji found the negative of the film in Fazalbhoy cold storage at Worli. They got it digitally restored and decided to showcase their father's last work, a year after his death on 9 March, 2012. The lead pair has been supported by yesteryear's big names like Ashok Kumar, Kishore Kumar and Rehman.