Letter from James Ivory, Mumbai, India, to Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Delhi, India, 1970 April 27 : typescript signed.

Describing the scene that is currently being filmed which is "the car-collision scene"; listing the other scenes in the movie that, like this one, might also be considered action sequences ("there's the ping-pong scene, thank God, and the murder, and the wrestling match"); reflecting on the slow tempo of the film and whether parts might be boring; deciding they will not be; suggesting one potential ending ("pointblank on Shashi's dead face? No fate machine, no Lucia, no funeral, no cinema exterior."); asking for her opinion about the title of the film and wondering why it can't be "Bombay Talkie"; dismissing the idea of titling it "Indian Summer" and explaining his reasoning; defending his expenses in comparison to some of the expenses he attributes to Ismail Merchant, including the cost of a car for Zia Mohyeddin.