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{{Infobox film<br />
|name = Autobiography of a Princess<br />
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|director = [[James Ivory]]<br />
|producer = [[Ismail Merchant]]<br />
|writer = [[Ruth Prawer Jhabvala|R. Prawer Jhabvala]]<br />
|starring = [[James Mason]]<br>[[Madhur Jaffrey]]<br>[[Keith Varnier]]<br>[[Diane Fletcher]]<br>[[Timothy Bateson]]<br />
|music = [[Vic Flick]]<br />
|cinematography = [[Walter Lassally]]<br />
|editing = [[Humphrey Dixon]]<br />
|distributor = Contemporary Films Ltd. (UK)<br />
|released = 5 October 1975 (New York Film Festival)<br />
|runtime = 60 minutes<br />
|language = English<br />
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'''''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]].<br />
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==Plot==<br />
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]].<br />
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==Cast and crew==<br />
*[[Jacquemine Charrott Lodwidge]], art director<br />
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==Revival==<br />
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><br />
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==References==<br />
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==Further reading==<br />
*''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}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{IMDb title|id=0072674|title=Autobiography Of A Princess}}<br />
* [http://www.merchantivory.com/princess.html Merchant Ivory overview]<br />
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