The Courtesans of Bombay
movie
Released January 01, 1983
Genres:
Overview
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.
Crew
Ismail Merchant
as
Director
Ismail Merchant
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Producer
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Amit Bose
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Editor
James Ivory
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Writer
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Vishnu Mathur
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Director of Photography
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Wahid Chowhan
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Associate Producer
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
as
Writer
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Ray Beckett
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Sound
Ismail Merchant
as
Writer
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Kareem Samar
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Associate Producer
Michael Fields
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Assistant Director