Release Date

01 Jan, 1983

Runtime

01:14: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

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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Actors

Saeed Jaffrey

Kareem Samar

Zohra Sehgal

Crew

Ismail Merchant

Ismail Merchant

Amit Bose

James Ivory

Vishnu Mathur

Wahid Chowhan

Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

Ray Beckett

Ismail Merchant

Kareem Samar

Michael Fields