This is one of his most human and most amusing and witty novels. The … — Ismail Merchant

This is one of his most human and most amusing and witty novels. The characters are very Indian. I decided that I wanted to do a comedy, so this was just the right one.

Ismail MerchantProducer · Indian · 1936 – 2005

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