Ismail Merchant

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Date of birth: 25 December 1936
Place of birth: Bombay, Maharashtra, India
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Nationality: Indian
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Profession: Film producer, director, actor
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Ismail Merchant quotes

A few words of Hindi appear here or there, but it's all Urdu. I feel that if the popular culture, which is what Hindi films are, uses Urdu, it's not going to diminish.

Bengal is one of the great states of India. Culturally, it's the strongest, most vibrant place there is in India.

I feel very proud that we have managed to stay together. In these forty years we have made forty-six films. Each one has brought a certain name and contribution to cinema.

It's about a father and daughter and the da... (more Ismail Merchant quotes)

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Ismail Merchant's Indian Cuisine book cover Ismail Merchant's Indian Cuisine
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Ismail Merchant's Passionate Meals: The New Indian Cuisine for Fearless Cooks and Adventurous Eaters book cover Ismail Merchant's Passionate Meals: The New Indian Cuisine for Fearless Cooks and Adventurous Eaters
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Ismail Merchant's Florence: Filming and Feasting in Tuscany/70 Recipes book cover Ismail Merchant's Florence: Filming and Feasting in Tuscany/70 Recipes
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Ismail Merchant filmography

The Guru
Hindu Janjher Gupta lives in Hyderabad, India, and was in love with a young Muslim girl, however, his family talked him out of this and got him married to a Hindu Gujerati girl. Soon he became father of a boy, Ram, and a girl. Years later Ram has grown up and teaches dance to middle-aged and elderly...

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Jefferson in Paris
One of the obsessive speculations in American history is whether Thomas Jefferson, in the years before he became president, had an affair with (and fathered a child with) his 15-year-old slave Sally Hemings. JEFFERSON IN PARIS follows Jefferson to France (as the U.S. ambassador to the court of Louis...

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Shakespeare-Wallah
The story of a family troupe of English actors in India. They travel around the towns and villages giving performances of Shakespearean plays. Through their travels we see the changing face of India as the old is replaced by the new, Maharajas become hotel owners, sports become more important than c...

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