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2003., Adult, Criterion Collection : Distributed by Home Vision Entertainment Call No: DVD Fic Bombay Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Merchant Ivory collectionSummary Note: A troubled romance laced with barbed wit and pointed melodrama and an affectionate view of the Indian film industry (aka Bollywood). A visiting English author becomes involved with a married Indian movie star; when the romance fizzles she flees to an ashram.
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By Meyer, Nicholas, 1945- Brosnan, Pierce Kapoor, Shashi Jaffrey, Saeed, 1929- Michell, Helena Michell, Keith Lassally, Walter, 1926- Scott, John, 1930- Masters, John, 1914-1983 Merchant, Ismail Hirst, Michael, 1952- Robb, David, 1947- Yunus, Tariq Merchant Ivory Productions Home Vision Entertainment (Firm)[2005]., General, Merchant Ivory Productions ; Distributed by Home Vision Entertainment Call No: DVD Fic Deceivers Edition: Widescreen. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Merchant Ivory collection.Summary Note: India, 1825: the country is being ravaged by cult members known as Thugees or "The Deceivers", who commit robbery and ritualistic murder. Appalled by their activities, English Captain William Savage undertakes the hazardous task of going undercover as a 'Deceiver' in order to infiltrate their ranks. He is at constant risk of betrayal and vengeance and undergoes a disturbing psychological transformation as he experiences the cult's bloodlust firsthand.
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c2003., Adult, Criterion Collection Call No: DVD Fic Heat and Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Merchant Ivory collectionSummary Note: Story of a woman who goes to India to find the truth about her aunt who left her British husband for an Indian prince.
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By Ivory, James Kapoor, Shashi Naidu, Leela Khote, Durga, 1905- Thappar, Romesh Chattopadaya, Harindernath Sanyal, Pahari Kapoor, Pincho Sachdev, Achla Castaldo, Ernest Mitra, Subrata Khan, Ali Akbar, 1922- Jhabvala, Ruth Prawer, 1927- Merchant Ivory Productions Criterion Collection (Firm) Home Vision Entertainment (Firm)1963., General, Criterion Collection : Distributed by Home Vision Entertainment Call No: DVD Fic Householder Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Merchant Ivory collectionSummary Note: The story of a shy, Delhi schoolteacher who marries and then, little by little, gets to know his wife during their first year together. This story, derived from the culture of modern India, is able to relate to the problems of young couples everywhere.
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c2005., General, Home Vision Entertainment Call No: DVD Fic Incustody Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Merchant Ivory collection.Summary Note: Nur is considered the greatest living Urdu poet and Deven hopes to rekindle interest in the language by recording Nur reciting his magical verse. But multiple problems block Deven's path, the greatest being Nur's two shrewish wives, his love of drink, and the vastly bloated poet himself. Deven's monstrous task quickly turns into a cultural odyssey that follows a humorous path to an unexpected conclusion.
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c2004., General, Criterion Collection : Distributed by Home Vision Entertainment Call No: DVD Fic Shakespeare w Edition: Widescreen ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Merchant Ivory collectionSummary Note: The real-life adventures of a traveling theater group in India during the final days of English colonial rule. They try to uphold British tradition by staging Shakespearean plays but can't compete with the wildly popular Bollywood film industry.