Jhabvala lived with them in their house in MA especially after her husband died. So she was like family and sort of a "life partner" along with having been with them from the start of their careers as "business partners".Precious Doll wrote:I don't think so but from what I gathered over the years they were all very good friends. Merchant & Ivory were never really open about their personal relationship which is fair enough as It's a personal choice if you wish to publicly discuss those sorts of things.Greg wrote:There is one thing that struck me about Ivory's speech. He thanked both Ruth Jhabvala and Ismail Merchant and mentioned both of them as "life partners," not business partners. I know Ivory had a romantic relationship with Merchant. Did he also have one with Jhabvala?
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I don't think so but from what I gathered over the years they were all very good friends. Merchant & Ivory were never really open about their personal relationship which is fair enough as It's a personal choice if you wish to publicly discuss those sorts of things.Greg wrote:There is one thing that struck me about Ivory's speech. He thanked both Ruth Jhabvala and Ismail Merchant and mentioned both of them as "life partners," not business partners. I know Ivory had a romantic relationship with Merchant. Did he also have one with Jhabvala?
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There is one thing that struck me about Ivory's speech. He thanked both Ruth Jhabvala and Ismail Merchant and mentioned both of them as "life partners," not business partners. I know Ivory had a romantic relationship with Merchant. Did he also have one with Jhabvala?
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Besides Best Picture, this was the category I was most anticipating to see. I'm delighted to see Ivory win it. Never say it's too late.
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Quite the round of enthusiastic applause...
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This was an incredibly affecting win for me.
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