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The courtesans of Bombay / Merchant Ivory Productions presents a film made by Ismail Merchant, James Ivory, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala ; produced in association with The Criterion Collection ; a Merchant Ivory Production for Channel 4 ; produced and directed by Ismail Merchant.
LIBRA DVD 002 454
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Author/Creator:
- Ivory, James, author.
- Jhabvala, Ruth Prawer, 1927-2013, author.
- Series:
- Merchant Ivory collection
- Language:
- English
- Hindi
- Subjects (All):
- Courtesans--India.
- Courtesans.
- India.
- Seduction--India--Mumbai.
- Seduction.
- India--Mumbai.
- Prostitution--India--Mumbai.
- Prostitution.
- Women--Sexual behavior.
- Women.
- Genre:
- Feature films.
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- Documentary films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (74 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago, IL : Distributed by Home Vision Entertainment, [2005]
- Language Note:
- Hindi dialogue, English subtitles.
- Closed-captioned.
- System Details:
- DVD; Region 1; Dolby Digital 1.0 mono.
- digital
- optical
- mono
- Dolby
- video file
- DVD video
- region 1
- Summary:
- Pavan Pool is an enclosed area of Bombay where the city's singing and dancing courtesans ply their trade. Crammed tenements house thousands of men playing up to the camera as they seek out forbidden pleasures - and the courtesans themselves, who appear more as entertainers than sex workers. It shows how young girls are groomed in the arts of singing, dancing, and by inference, seduction. The film is about a tradition with a special place in Indian society: the entertainment of paying customers - always men - by songstresses and dancers who perform in the classical Hindustani styles of the ancient "nautch" girls.
- Participant:
- Saeed Jaffrey, Kareen Samar.
- Credits:
- Camerman, Vishnu Mathur ; editors, Amit Bose, Rita Stern.
- Notes:
- Originally released as a motion picture in 1982.
- Aspect ratio 1.33:1.
- ISBN:
- 0780028775
- OCLC:
- 58996230
- Publisher Number:
- 037429194522
- COU140 Home Vision Entertainment
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