Well, I am from India and I wanted to make films in English for the international market in India. So that was really the main thing, and then of course economically it was cheaper to make films in India. — Ismail Merchant Copy Share Image
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. — Ismail Merchant Copy Share Image
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… — Ismail Merchant Copy Share Image
Well, I am from India and I wanted to make films in English for the international market in India. So that was really the… — Ismail Merchant Copy Share Image
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… — Ismail Merchant Copy Share Image
Urdu can not die out because it has very strong roots in Persia. The language itself is not only just the language of the… — Ismail Merchant Copy Share Image
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… — Ismail Merchant Copy Share Image
We have gotten some terrible reviews at times but if we depended on the judgment of the studios or critics, we never would have… — Ismail Merchant Copy Share Image
The mixture of the Trinidadian people and the Indian people has caused a new culture to emerge. — Ismail Merchant Copy Share Image
It's about a father and daughter and the daughter's friend and her relationship with her current husband. — Ismail Merchant Copy Share Image
Well, the musicals give emphasis to love, longing, melancholy, sadness. All of that is always there. — Ismail Merchant Copy Share Image
