BIB_ID
451342
Accession number
MA 23840.455
Creator
Jhabvala, Ruth Prawer, 1927-2013, sender.
Display Date
Delhi, India, 1968 January
Credit line
Gift of James Ivory, 2021.
Description
1 item (3 pages) ; 22.7 x 17.4 cm
Notes
Year and month from contents.
Written shortly before the "Guru" shoot moved from Bombay to Bikaner. On page [2] Jhabvala writes, "Before you'll leave for Bikaner, you'll perhaps see a lot more rushes"; by mid-February, Ivory and the "Guru" company were in Bikaner [see MA 23840.460]
Written shortly before the "Guru" shoot moved from Bombay to Bikaner. On page [2] Jhabvala writes, "Before you'll leave for Bikaner, you'll perhaps see a lot more rushes"; by mid-February, Ivory and the "Guru" company were in Bikaner [see MA 23840.460]
Provenance
James Ivory.
Summary
Giving notes on some lines for a scene in "The Guru" with the Ustad, and another with Jenny during the music conference sequence; asking Ivory if there are any characters who "have too many of the same kind of scenes"-- using Durga Khote in "Householder" as an example-- and she will write something to augment that character; picking up a telephone conversation they had about "the old Guru" [Nana Palsikar, who plays the Ustad's Guru in "The Guru"] coming to Delhi and what to do with him while he's there; asking if "your producer" (Merchant) or "his co-producer" (Muriel Peters), or "the local Fox office here (Mr. Noronha)" can help with the arrangements, but concluding that they are probably too busy; expressing concern that he will shoot the music conference sequence before getting this letter; asking for a copy of their schedule in Bikaner when it's finalized; asking how Carlo is [possibly Giancarlo Pettini, the production controller].
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