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A Parthasarthy (Fri Jan 10 10:10:33 1997 IST):

Ismail, now I know what makes you so hot in Hollywood. You have hardsold your book, your videos. Your royalties are bound to increase! Let us have some real answers now!

A Parthasarthy (Fri Jan 10 10:10:36 1997 IST):

Ismail, now I know what makes you so hot in Hollywood. You have hardsold your book, your videos. Your royalties are bound to increase! Let us have some real answers now!

A Parthasarthy (Fri Jan 10 10:10:41 1997 IST):

Ismail, now I know what makes you so hot in Hollywood. You have hardsold your book, your videos. Your royalties are bound to increase! Let us have some real answers now!

Ismail Merchant (Fri Jan 10 10:10:43 1997 IST):

Chaplin: Artist always works on refining his work and you could say the turning point of box office success was the Europeans .

A Parthasarthy (Fri Jan 10 10:10:46 1997 IST):

Ismail, now I know what makes you so hot in Hollywood. You have hardsold your book, your videos. Your royalties are bound to increase! Let us have some real answers now!

Chalu Chaplin (Fri Jan 10 10:11:30 1997 IST):

Sorry to ask embarassing questions like this: you've got a lot of flak over the destruction of the Satyajit Ray original prints. What do you have to say in your defense?

Ismail Merchant (Fri Jan 10 10:13:05 1997 IST):

the importasnt thing to know about the process of speaking to the audience throughh a computer is you do not see the persomns face

Chalu Chaplin (Fri Jan 10 10:14:02 1997 IST):

Which are your own five favourite movies of all time ( apart, of course, from the films you've made yourself)

Ismail Merchant (Fri Jan 10 10:14:24 1997 IST):

Parthasarthy: always give good answers as they come from the heart

SIMONE (Fri Jan 10 10:14:43 1997 IST):

Ismail..do you choose to ignore the questions you don't wish to answer.

Ismail Merchant (Fri Jan 10 10:15:39 1997 IST):

I'm happy to speak to you through this computer anmd Good Luck.

sparky (Fri Jan 10 10:16:57 1997 IST):

I guess you don't have much of a heart then, because your answers have been UNSATISFACTORY! I wish you'd quit patting yourself on the back. We know you're talented and successful. Why don't you tell us more about what we DON'T know?

Ismail Merchant (Fri Jan 10 10:17:01 1997 IST):

I'm happy to speak to you through this computer anmd Good Luck.

sparky (Fri Jan 10 10:18:33 1997 IST):

And please don't tell me to buy the book. If its anything like the person I've been speaking to this morning, its going to be INSUFFERABLE, I'm sure.

ro (Fri Jan 10 10:19:20 1997 IST):

Mr. Merchant, how does it fell, since you mention it, speaking through a computer, rather than on a TV Screen or over Radio? Do you feel more intimated by questions or is there no real difference?

Ismail Merchant (Fri Jan 10 14:01:34 1997 IST):

Ro: Well Shashi Kapoor has done very well and I'm sure with the right part and the right film there will be a great success for an Indian actor. Time is very near when taleneted Indian actors will be introduced in Holywood films and will have the oportunity of becoming international stars.

Chanaveera: Success and failures are part of the cinema some you win some you lose. But Jefferson in Paris is a beautiful film and one of our best .

A Parthasarthy: Well its not quite true we have disagreements but in any creative work you must have two views . We both have different personalities but we are dedicated to making good films .