Ismail Merchant’s Death – Cause and Date

The director Ismail Merchant died at the age of 68. Here is all you want to know, and more!

Biography - A Short Wiki

Indian producer and director who worked for Merchant Ivory Productions.

He lived in London until his death.

Ismail Merchant, who has died at the age of 68 following surgery for abdominal ulcers, was the Indian-born film producer of brilliance, garrulity and charm who created a universally recognisable movie brand, in a remarkable partnership with the American director James Ivory that lasted for more than 40 years and 40 films.

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It’s about a father and daughter and the daughter’s friend and her relationship with her current husband.

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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.

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Urdu can not die out because it has very strong roots in Persia. The language itself is not only just the language of the Muslims, but it’s also the language of the Hindus.

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Well, the musicals give emphasis to love, longing, melancholy, sadness. All of that is always there.

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It’s about a young man who has climbed to fame and he discovers that his writing and the relationship with his wife are really more important for him than anything else.