Pakeezah
An evening film
Friday 19 June, 18.30
Stevenson Lecture Theatre
£3, concessions £2
Classic Urdu romance about a courtesan trapped in a pleasure
palace who knows she will be rescued by the man of her dreams.
India, 1972, 126 minutes, Certificate U
Director: Kamal Amrohi
In Urdu with English subtitles
Related to the exhibitions India Landscape and
Garden and Cosmos: The Royal Paintings of
Jodhpur.
Booking information
Indian Summer film season
Guest curator Cary Rajinder Sawhney has brought together a
season of films representing the range of Indian landscapes,
regions and languages.
Image: Death of Vali; Rama and Lakshmana
Wait out the Monsoon (detail). Illustration from the
Ramcharitmanas of Tulsidas(1532–1623) Jodhpur, c. 1775;
62.7 x 134.5 cm. © Mehrangarh Museum Trust