The Courtesans of Bombay

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Audience Score
50
The Courtesans of Bombay
NR 1 hr 14 minDocumentary
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
StarringSaeed JaffreyKareem SamarZohra Sehgal
DirectorIsmail Merchant
WritersJames IvoryRuth Prawer JhabvalaIsmail Merchant

Movie Details

On DVD & Blu-ray:April 19th, 2005 - Buy DVD
Original Language:English
Production Companies:Merchant Ivory Productions