Letter from Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Delhi, India, to James Ivory, Mumbai, India, 1970 April 6 : autograph manuscript signed.

Discussing plans for a scene where Shashi Kapoor's car will be surrounded by fans including a young boy, whose presence is inspired by a memory she has of a time when a young fan wiped Shashi's car's windscreen; saying that she doesn't see why a particular scene in Hari's rooom would have been so difficult for him to film, and that that issue makes her "a bit nervous" about some scenes, including one in the jeweler's shop; reiterating some additional dialogue that could be used in the jeweler's shop; reminding him that "Kunu is still waiting for a part"; expressing sympathy for how much work he is putting in; telling him that she didn't see the same attitude from Shashi Kapoor that he did ("he's with you all the way and more") and wondering if he had "momentarily irritated" Kapoor "as you irritate Ismail and me too", leading Kapoor to say something he didn't mean; telling him that she didn't like what she heard about "the relationship between you and the Monster from Calcutta"; affirming her support for the title "The Fate Machine".