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The Courtesans of Bombay (1983)
Directed by Ismail Merchant
Documentary · 1h 14m
In the Mumbai, India, tenement community of Pavanpul, young female courtesans sing, dance and perform sexual favors for male clientele. Directors James Ivory and Ismail Merchant blend documentary footage and dramatic reenactments in their exploration of this seamy underworld, the flip side of the Bollywood film industry, where aspiring actors and dancers -- some even sold into prostitution by their own families -- end up, with their innocence lost and their hopes for movie stardom shattered.
Cast
Saeed Jaffrey
Zohra Sehgal
Crew
- Director
- Ismail Merchant
- Writer
- Ismail Merchant, James Ivory, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
- Director of Photography
- Vishnu Mathur
- Editor
- Amit Bose
- Producer
- Ismail Merchant
Details
- Release date
- 1983-01-01
- Runtime
- 1h 14m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- Production
- Merchant Ivory Productions