Film · 1985

India Cabaret

Name: India Cabaret
Director: Mira Nair
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1985-01-02

60 min · Directed by Mira Nair

Documentary

6.58
ratings

An exploration of the 'respectable' and 'immoral' stereotypes of women in Indian society told from the point of view of two striptease dancers in a Bombay cabaret.

Cast

R

Rekha

Self

R

Rosy

Self

V

Vasanti

Self

P

Pussycat

Self

S

Sona

Self

L

Lulu

Self

P

Pearl

Self

Mira Nair

Interviewer

Crew

Director: Mira Nair
Editor: Barry Alexander Brown
Cinematography: Mitch Epstein

Details

Studios: AFI, The New York State Council of the Arts, Pinewood Foundation
Countries: France, United Kingdom, United States of America
Languages: English, Gujarati, Hindi
Release: January 2, 1985

Themes

stripteasemumbai (bombay), indiaman woman relationshipindiasocial statussocial documentarywoman directorsocial structuressocial & cultural documentaryindian womansocial struggle

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