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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.
Intriguing, colorful, and revealing, The Courtesans of Bombay is Merchant Ivory s docu-drama about Pavan Pool, the enclosed area where Bombay s singing and dancing courtesans ply their trade. It presents a portrait of the unique location, both exotic and tawdry: crammed tenements housing thousands of men playing up to the camera as they seek ...
- (12)
- 2 hours and 5 minutes
- English, Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi
- DVD
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 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 by Merchant. (The other was Heat and Dust).
The Courtesans of Bombay is a 1983 British docudrama directed by Ismail Merchant. A collaboration by Merchant, James Ivory, and Ruth Prawer Jhabvala.
- Ismail Merchant
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Merchant Ivory’s docudrama about Pavan Pool, the enclosed area where the city’s singing and dancing courtesans ply their trade.
