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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › The_Courtesans_of_BombayThe Courtesans of Bombay - Wikipedia

    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 although never specifically stated, work as prostitutes by night.

  2. merchantivory.com › film › courtesansofbombayCourtesans of Bombay - Merchant Ivory Productions

    1983/India, 73 minutes. After completing Quartet, Merchant and Ivory returned to India, where they prepared two movies during 1981-82. The more modestly scaled, and the first to be released (in January 1983), was the 73-minute documentary (or "docudrama," as Merchant refers to it) The Courtesans of Bombay, which was both produced and directed ...

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  4. www.rottentomatoes.com › m › the-courtesans-of-bombayThe Courtesans of Bombay | Rotten Tomatoes

    Movie Info. 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 ...

    • Drama
    • Saeed Jaffrey, Sohra Segal, Kareem Samar
    • Ismail Merchant

  5. www.themoviedb.org › movie › 185153-the-courtesansThe Courtesans of Bombay (1983) - The Movie Database (TMDB)

    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 ...

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  7. www.moviefone.com › movie › the-courtesans-of-bombayThe Courtesans of Bombay - Movie | Moviefone

    Visit the movie page for 'The Courtesans of Bombay' on Moviefone. Discover the movie's synopsis, cast details and release date. Watch trailers, exclusive interviews, and movie review. Your guide ...

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    • Saeed Jaffrey, Kareem Samar, Zohra Sehgal
    • Ismail Merchant
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  8. www.allmovie.com › movie › the-courtesans-of-bombayThe Courtesans of Bombay (1983) - AllMovie

    Find trailers, reviews, synopsis, awards and cast information for The Courtesans of Bombay (1983) - James Ivory, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Ismail Merchant on AllMovie - The Merchant-Ivory team adopts a semi-documentary…

  9. letterboxd.com › film › the-courtesans-of-bombayThe Courtesans of Bombay - Letterboxd

    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.