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Ivory,jhabvala,Merchant

The Merchant ivory team is one of the very few teams that has lasted for such a long time in the film industry.The merchant ivory team abroad is know for their periodic literary adaptations and indian theme movies.The team consists of Ismail Merchant the producer, James ivory the director and Ruth Prawer Jhabvala the writer.

The Merchant ivory production was first started with the idea of making english language films in india for international release.Later they branched off to literary movies and made their name their also.


Ismail merchant died may 25th 2005 and the recently released white countess is the last of their partnership.

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Bombay talkies
Householder


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Know more about the three here at the merchant ivory site
Ismail Merchant
James ivory
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

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