BIB_ID
456326
Accession number
MA 23840.1404
Creator
Merchant, Ismail, sender.
Credit line
Gift of James Ivory, 2022.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 27.9 x 21.5 cm + envelope
Notes
Written on letterhead from the United Oxford and Cambridge University Club.
"Helen" refers to Merchant's documentary "Helen, Queen of the Nautch Girls" (1973), a portrait of the mixed-race actress and dancer Helen (born Helen Jairag Richardson in Burma in 1938), wife of screenwriter Salim Khan and mother of actor Salman Khan.
Envelope stamped, addressed to Mrs. R. Prawer Jhabvala, 1-A Flagstaff Rd., Delhi 6, India, postmarked February 21, 1975.
"Helen" refers to Merchant's documentary "Helen, Queen of the Nautch Girls" (1973), a portrait of the mixed-race actress and dancer Helen (born Helen Jairag Richardson in Burma in 1938), wife of screenwriter Salim Khan and mother of actor Salman Khan.
Envelope stamped, addressed to Mrs. R. Prawer Jhabvala, 1-A Flagstaff Rd., Delhi 6, India, postmarked February 21, 1975.
Provenance
James Ivory.
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