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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.
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- verified Status: Released
- calendar_month Release Date: 1983-01-01
- video_camera_front Companies Merchant Ivory Productions
- timer Runtime: 74 Mins
- star Rating: 4 / 10
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- info IMDB ID tt0163591
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Ismail Merchant
Director
Ismail Merchant
Producer
Amit Bose
Editor
James Ivory
Writer
Vishnu Mathur
Director of Photography
Wahid Chowhan
Associate Producer
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Writer
Ray Beckett
Sound
Ismail Merchant
Writer
Kareem Samar
Associate Producer
Michael Fields
Assistant Director
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