The Courtesans of Bombay
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.
Year: 1983
Genre: Documentary
Studio: Merchant Ivory Productions
Director: Ismail Merchant
Cast: Saeed Jaffrey, Kareem Samar, Zohra Sehgal
Crew: Ismail Merchant (Director), Ismail Merchant (Producer), Amit Bose (Editor), James Ivory (Writer), Vishnu Mathur (Director of Photography), Wahid Chowhan (Associate Producer)
Runtime: 74 minutes
Release: Jan 01, 1983
IMDb: 4.00/10 by 4 users
Popularity: 0
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
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