Letter from Ismail Merchant, Mumbai, India, to Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Delhi, India, 1970 April 12 : autograph manuscript signed.

Worrying about the cost of the film; stating his belief that "Jim is totally indifferent to it"; stating how much the film will now have to make in order to break even; elaborating on his negative feelings about Ivory's scheduling choices; explaining why he is going to New York and how the next film project, which he will be putting together while there, will be different ("I will try to set up one of the projects with another director"); clarifying how he can and cannot approach investors for additional funds at this stage; articulating his travel plans; encouraging them to decide on a title for the movie before leaves; telling her that he will send her a dozen photographs "from various scenes".