A courtesan is a prostitute with a courtly, wealthy, or upper-class clientele. Historically, the term referred to a courtier, a person who attended the...
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Courtesan (Spanish: Cortesana) is a 1948 Mexican drama film directed and co-written by Alberto Gout and starring Crox Alvarado, Meche Barba and Gustavo...
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prostitute, catering to clients of wealth and status Courtesan (film), a 1948 Mexican drama film The Courtesans, a UK doom rock band. Euripus (genus), a genus...
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This list of prostitutes and courtesans includes famous persons who have engaged in prostitution and courtesan work. Aspasia, Greek hetaera, companion...
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Intimate Confessions Of A Chinese Courtesan (Chinese: 愛奴; pinyin: Ai Nu) is a 1972 Hong Kong film directed by Chor Yuen, produced by the Shaw Brothers...
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that inspired him to record the activities and experiences of the courtesans on film. Kareem Samar, Saeed Jaffrey, and Zohra Sehgal are professional actors...
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Gaṇikā (category Indian courtesans)
Gaṇikā or ganika (Sanskrit: गणिका) were female courtesans in early Ancient India, with their earliest reference in the Vedic period. Mentioned in the Kamasutra...
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Qala. Urmila teaches Qala the art of music but warns her against being a courtesan. Qala is haunted by visions of her brother, who accuses her of taking...
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Honest Courtesan is a 1992 biographical book by Margaret Rosenthal about a 16th-century Venetian courtesan named Veronica Franco. The Venetian courtesan has...
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he remembers that the savior is the son of a courtesan, his friends reveal that he is indeed a courtesan's son, which angers him, and he leaves in frustration...
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Dangerous Beauty (category Template film date with 1 release date)
on the non-fiction book The Honest Courtesan by Margaret Rosenthal, the film is about Veronica Franco, a courtesan in sixteenth-century Venice who becomes...
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Ashalata Wabgaonkar and Rehman. It is a remake of the Kannada film Gejje Pooje. Courtesan Madame Subbalaxmi heads a household where men are not born, but...
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Utsav (redirect from Utsav (1984 film))
made up the first quarter of the fifth century BC. The story is about a courtesan, Vasantasena (Rekha), and her chance meeting with a poor Brahmin man,...
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Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love (redirect from Kama sutra (film))
Zoya Akhtar as Rasa Devi's courtesan Mira Nair had approached A. R. Rahman to compose the score and soundtrack for the film, but he turned down the opportunity...
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Courtesan (Korean: 1724 기방난동사건; RR: 1724 Gibang-nandong sageon; literally "Gibang riot in 1724") is a 2008 South Korean historical action comedy film...
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Stree 2 (redirect from Stree 2 (2024 film))
womanizer who hated progressive women. He murdered Stree, when she was a courtesan, by beheading her and her husband, and burning them alive in front of...
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Heeramandi (category Indian courtesans drama series)
Manisha Koirala as Mallikajaan: chief courtesan of Shahi Mahal Sonakshi Sinha as Rehanajaan: former chief courtesan of Shahi Mahal, Mallikajaan's elder...
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Frine, Courtesan of Orient (Italian: Frine, cortigiana d'Oriente) is a 1953 Italian epic adventure film directed by Mario Bonnard and starring Elena Kleus...
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Bhagavadajjukam (transl. The Monk and the Courtesan) is a 2021 Indian Sanskrit-language film directed by Yadu Vijayakrishnan. Bhagavadajjukam is an adaptation...
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Mṛcchakatika (category Indian books on courtesan)
young Brahmin, Sanskrit: Cārudatta, who falls in love with a wealthy courtesan or nagarvadhu, Sanskrit: Vasantasenā. Despite their mutual affection,...
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Mere Huzoor (redirect from My Lord (film))
meanwhile, has fallen in bad company, drinks alcohol, and romances a courtesan named Firdous by the instigation of Nabban Miya(Ram Mohan). When Saltanat...
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Rupert Friend. The film premiered at the 59th Berlin International Film Festival. In 1900s Paris, wealthy, middle-aged retired courtesan Léa starts an affair...
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12 May 2022. "Sound of Lollywood: Noor Jehan voices the courtesan's complaint in Pakistani film 'Umrao Jaan Ada'". 2 June 2017. Archived from the original...
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Moulin Rouge! (redirect from Moulin Rouge (2001 film))
love with the star of the Moulin Rouge, cabaret actress and courtesan, Satine. The film uses the musical setting of the Montmartre Quarter of Paris and...
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Patrick Ryecart, Denholm Elliott and Ben Kingsley. Marguerite Gauthier is a courtesan in 19th-century Paris and keeps company with aristocrats and men of riches...
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second film. Maria Montessori premiered in October 2023 at Zurich Film Festival and was distributed in France on 13 March 2024. The courtesan Lili d'Alengy...
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girlfriend, Chor are drawn into a doomed 1930s romance when the ghost of courtesan Fleur publishes an advertisement in the newspapers, looking for her lost...
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in 2004), the film is about the life of Hwang Jin-yi, the most famous courtesan (or "gisaeng") in Korean history, starring Song Hye-kyo in the title role...
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Marie Duplessis (category Courtesans from Paris)
Alphonsine Rose Plessis; 15 January 1824 – 3 February 1847) was a French courtesan and mistress to a number of prominent and wealthy men. She was the inspiration...
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courtesan and returns to work on the streets. However, one night that she is chased by the police, Naná is rescued by Satin (Isela Vega), a courtesan...
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