BIB_ID
452402
Accession number
MA 23840.682a
Credit line
Gift of James Ivory, 2022.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 27.9 x 21.6 cm
Notes
Addressed from The Regional Officer, Central Board of Film Censors, 91 Walkeshwar Road, Bombay 6.
Addressed to Merchant-Ivory Productions, National House, 6 Tulloch Rd., Bombay 1.
Enclosed in a letter from Ismail Merchant to Ruth Prawer Jhabvala dated December 30, 1970 (MA 23840.682).
Addressed to Merchant-Ivory Productions, National House, 6 Tulloch Rd., Bombay 1.
Enclosed in a letter from Ismail Merchant to Ruth Prawer Jhabvala dated December 30, 1970 (MA 23840.682).
Provenance
James Ivory.
Summary
Informing them that Bombay Talkie has been viewed by the Examining Committee, which has concluded that the film may be suitable for unrestricted public exhibition provided they carry out the following excisions/modifications: delete any shots in which characters kiss, and delete the words "bugger" and "bloody" wherever they appear in the dialogue.
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