BIB_ID
451084
Accession number
MA 23840.422
Creator
Ivory, James, sender.
Display Date
Mumbai, India, 1968 February 12
Credit line
Gift of James Ivory, 2022.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 22.5 x 17.9 cm
Notes
Year from contents.
Typed on Taj Mahal Hotel letterhead; signature, notes and corrections by hand in red ink.
Typed on Taj Mahal Hotel letterhead; signature, notes and corrections by hand in red ink.
Provenance
James Ivory.
Summary
Reporting that Dorothy Strelsin has arrived in Bombay and is planning to follow the film unit [busy shooting "The Guru"] up to Bikaner; describing Strelsin's behavior, hugging and kissing Subrata Mitra and threatening to wear cotton saris; saying he is enclosing a clipping [not present] regarding an appearance by Pierre Cardin in Delhi, and suggesting she get tickets if possible; describing some difficulties they are having on set with a scene where they need a high tide, and nature is not cooperating; relating that the Maestro [Satyajit Ray] has told him that one of their lead actresses, Aparna Sen, is pregnant, and wondering how to handle it in the film.
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