BIB_ID
448215
Accession number
MA 23840.44
Creator
Ray, Satyajit, 1921-1992, sender.
Display Date
Kolkata, India, 1963 January 7
Credit line
Gift of James Ivory, 2022.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 28 x 21.5 cm + envelope
Notes
Envelope stamped, addressed to Mr. James Ivory, Gool Villa, 32 Motlibai Street, Bombay 8, postmarked January 10, 1963.
Provenance
James Ivory.
Summary
Giving his thoughts on "the Times of India piece" which he thinks "pretty bizarre"; says he has "started shooting "Mahanagar" (1963), and is pleased with the two child actors (Prasenjit Sarkar and Jaya Bhaduri) and the "heroine" (Madhabi Mukherjee), but has had to put in "some hard work with Anil Chatterji"; saying he is "glad Pram Muhra isn't proving a total disappointment" and asking Ivory to keep him posted; sending New Year's best wishes.
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