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{{short description|1975 film}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2015}}
{{Infobox film
|name = Autobiography of a Princess
|image =
|caption =
|director = [[James Ivory]]
|producer = [[Ismail Merchant]]
|writer = [[Ruth Prawer Jhabvala|R. Prawer Jhabvala]]
|starring = [[James Mason]]<br>[[Madhur Jaffrey]]<br>[[Keith Varnier]]<br>[[Diane Fletcher]]<br>[[Timothy Bateson]]
|music = [[Vic Flick]]
|cinematography = [[Walter Lassally]]
|editing = [[Humphrey Dixon]]
|distributor = 	Contemporary Films Ltd. (UK)
|released = 5 October 1975 (New York Film Festival)
|runtime = 60 minutes
|language = English
|budget =
}}

'''''Autobiography of a Princess''''' is a 1975 film directed by [[James Ivory]] and starring [[James Mason]] and [[Madhur Jaffrey]]. It was written by [[Ruth Prawer Jhabvala]] and produced by [[Ismail Merchant]].

==Plot==
An Indian [[princess]] ([[Madhur Jaffrey]]), long-divorced and living in self-enforced exile in 1970s [[London]], spends time with her father's ex-tutor, Cyril Sahib ([[James Mason]]), watching film footage of Royal India and talking of a past world.  There is a great deal of fascinating real-life footage and interviews with India's royalty: the Maharajas of India and the end they faced due to the 1960s socialist reforms introduced by India's then Prime Minister Mrs. [[Indira Gandhi]].

==Cast and crew==
*[[Jacquemine Charrott Lodwidge]], art director

==Revival==
In 2014, the [[Oregon Cartoon Institute]] brought James Ivory to Portland, Oregon, to appear in person at the [[Hollywood Theatre (Portland, Oregon)|Hollywood Theatre]], to present two films he had personally chosen from the dozens he had directed. On 11 October it was ''Autobiography of a Princess'' (1975), shown in 35mm. Mr. Ivory introduced the film to the audience.<ref> [http://www.oregonlive.com/movies/index.ssf/2014/10/james_ivory_introduces_his_198.html James Ivory introduces his ...]; retrieved 5 January. 2016</ref>

==References==
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==Further reading==
*''Autobiography of a Princess: also being the adventures of an American film director in the land of the maharajahs''; compiled by James ivory; photographs by John Swope and others; screenplay by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala. London: John Murray, 1975 {{ISBN|0-7195-3289-2}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|id=0072674|title=Autobiography Of A Princess}}
* [http://www.merchantivory.com/princess.html Merchant Ivory overview]

{{Merchant Ivory Productions}}
{{James Ivory}}

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[[Category:1975 films]]
[[Category:British films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:British Indian films]]
[[Category:English-language Indian films]]
[[Category:Merchant Ivory Productions films]]
[[Category:Films directed by James Ivory]]
[[Category:Films with screenplays by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala]]


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