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.
Genre: Documentary
Stars: Saeed Jaffrey, Kareem Samar, Zohra Sehgal
Crew: Ismail Merchant (Director), Ray Beckett (Sound), Ismail Merchant (Writer), James Ivory (Writer), Amit Bose (Editor), Ismail Merchant (Producer)
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
Studio: Merchant Ivory Productions
Runtime: 74 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Jan 01, 1983
IMDb: 7
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