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The Courtesans of Bombay is a 1983 British docudrama directed by Ismail Merchant. A collaboration by Merchant, James Ivory , and Ruth Prawer Jhabvala . The film focuses on a Bombay compound known as Pavan Pool, where women aspiring to work in the entertainment industry dance for donations from a male audience by day and, it is broadly suggested ...
Here's the plot: "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...
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- Saeed Jaffrey, Kareem Samar, Zohra Sehgal
- Ismail Merchant
- Merchant Ivory Productions
Movie Info. In the Mumbai, India, tenement community of Pavanpul, young female courtesans sing, dance and perform sexual favors for male clientele.
- Drama
- Saeed Jaffrey, Sohra Segal, Kareem Samar
- Ismail Merchant
The Courtesans of Bombay (1983) 01/01/1983 (GB) Documentary 1h 14m. User. Score. Overview. In the Mumbai, India, tenement community of Pavanpul, young female courtesans sing, dance and perform sexual favors for male clientele.
Synopsis by Hal Erickson. The Merchant-Ivory team adopts a semi-documentary stance in Courtesans of Bombay. Though several scenes are dramatized, this film is essentially an unadorned look at prostitution in modern India.
1983 Directed by Ismail Merchant. In the Mumbai, India, tenement community of Pavanpul, young female courtesans sing, dance and perform sexual favors for male clientele.
