Shoma A. Chatterji

Of sex work and Ray's women: A nuanced look on the maestro's birth centenary

May 10, 2021

The representation of the sex worker in Indian celluloid seldom displays an attempt at non-voyeurism. Satyajit Ray, on the other hand, took a more nuanced look at the sex worker

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Of sex work and Ray's women: A nuanced look on the maestro's birth centenary

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