BIB_ID
448571
Accession number
MA 23840.123
Creator
Merchant, Ismail, sender.
Display Date
New Delhi, India, [1964] March 28
Credit line
Gift of James Ivory, 2021.
Description
1 aerogramme (2 pages) ; 26.7 x 20.3 cm
Notes
Date and last line handwritten.
Aerogramme addressed to Mr. James Ivory, 143 East 62nd Street, New York 21, N.Y., U.S.A., postmarked March 28, 1964.
Aerogramme addressed to Mr. James Ivory, 143 East 62nd Street, New York 21, N.Y., U.S.A., postmarked March 28, 1964.
Provenance
James Ivory.
Summary
Acknowledging receipt of a recent letter from Ivory, and the validity of the "charges" made in that letter; insisting he wants Ivory to spend as much time as possible with his father; suggesting, possibly sarcastically, that Ivory get a job with a local television station; outlining the current state of negotiations with Columbia, the MPEAA, the Reserve Bank, and the Indian government concerning the Indian release of "The Householder," conducted by Merchant and Jhab; describing the stresses of his sister Rashida's wedding on April 5, for which he will be returning to Bombay soon; saying he is planning to go to south India in the second week of April to work on a t.v. documentary; resolving "If not now we will make another film some day sometime."
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