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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 although never specifically stated, work as ...
Mar 19, 1986 · That sounds as it should be. Curry and Rice THE COURTESANS OF BOMBAY, a film by Ismail Merchant, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala and James Ivory; produced and directed by Mr. Merchant for Channel 4, England ...
- Ismail Merchant
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 ...
The Courtesans of Bombay 1983 1h 13m Drama List Reviews 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
Jan 1, 1983 · The Courtesans of Bombay. 1983 Documentary · 1h 14m. We've checked all the major streaming services, and this title is not found on any of them right now. Get Notified. 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 ...
Synopsis. Roughly structured over 24 hours, we visit Pavan Pool, a compound in Bombay where poor women sing, dance, and engage in prostitution. By day, they practice singing and dancing, both ...
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 ...
