BIB_ID
452401
Accession number
MA 23840.682
Creator
Merchant, Ismail, sender.
Credit line
Gift of James Ivory, 2022.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 27.9 x 21.6 cm + envelope
Notes
On Merchant Ivory Productions letterhead.
Envelope addressed from Merchant Ivory Productions, 655 Madison Avenue, New York City, NY, 10021; postmarked December 30 1970.
Envelope addressed to Mrs. Ruth Jhabvala, 1-A Flagstaff Road, Delhi 6, India.
Envelope addressed from Merchant Ivory Productions, 655 Madison Avenue, New York City, NY, 10021; postmarked December 30 1970.
Envelope addressed to Mrs. Ruth Jhabvala, 1-A Flagstaff Road, Delhi 6, India.
Provenance
James Ivory.
Summary
Saying he is sure she has received a copy of the letter from the censors by now; saying Shashi mentioned that he should write to Gujral, but asking her to first cable him about the results of the meeting between Cyrus Jhabvala, Shashi, and Gujral; saying Bombay Talkie is a foreign language film and kissing is permitted in such films; citing Shakespeare Wallah as a precedent; saying he can only write letters and that he cannot think of anyone other than Shashi and Jhab "to get it through the stupid censor."
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