The Courtesans of Bombay (1983)

Directors

Ismail Merchant

Cast

Saeed Jaffrey, Zohra Sehgal

The story

Kareem Samar, Saeed Jaffrey, and Zohra Sehgal are professional actors who interact with actual inhabitants of the area. Samar portrays a rent collector representing a landlord who was a friend of Merchant and approved the project. Jaffrey's role is that of an actor whose infatuation with one of the courtesan(tawaif) becomes an obsession, and Segal is a retired courtesan who recalls her earlier life when her aunt arranged for her care by a wealthy benefactor.

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