The courtesans of Bombay
(DVD or VCD)
Contributors
Published
[Chicago, Ill.] : Distributed by Home Vision Entertainment, c2005.
Edition
Full screen.
ISBN
0780028775, 9780780028777
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (73 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Status
Wayland - Audiovisual
DVD 306.742 COURTESAN
1 available
DVD 306.742 COURTESAN
1 available
Copies
| Location | Call Number | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Wayland - Audiovisual | DVD 306.742 COURTESAN | On Shelf |
More Details
Published
[Chicago, Ill.] : Distributed by Home Vision Entertainment, c2005.
Format
DVD or VCD
Edition
Full screen.
Language
hin
ISBN
0780028775, 9780780028777
UPC
037429194522
Notes
General Note
Originally released as a motion picture in 1983.
Creation/Production Credits
Photography, Vishnu Mathur ; editor, Amit Bose ; associate producers, Kareem Samar, Wahid Chowhan.
Participants/Performers
Saeed Jaffrey, Kareen Samar, Zohra Segal.
Description
"[...] Pavan Pool [is] the enclosed area of Bombay where the city's singing and dancing courtesans ply their trade. It presents a portrait of a unique location both exotic and tawdry : crammed tenements housing 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. Neither sensationalist or prurient, 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, India's version of the Japanese geisha"--from container.
System Details
DVD ; NTSC, region 1 ; full screen (1.33:1) presentation ; Dolby Digital 1.0 mono.
Language
Hindi dialogue, English subtitles; closed-captioned.
Description
Loading Description...
Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Merchant, I., Ivory, J., Jhabvala, R. P., Jaffrey, S., Samar, K., Segal, Z., Mathur, V., Bose, A., & Chowhan, W. (2005). The courtesans of Bombay (Full screen.). Distributed by Home Vision Entertainment.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Ismail. Merchant et al.. 2005. The Courtesans of Bombay. Distributed by Home Vision Entertainment.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Ismail. Merchant et al.. The Courtesans of Bombay Distributed by Home Vision Entertainment, 2005.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Merchant, Ismail., et al. The Courtesans of Bombay Full screen., Distributed by Home Vision Entertainment, 2005.
Note! Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy. Citation formats are based on standards as of August 2021.
Staff View
Loading Staff View.
