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Check out this wiki for more information: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tawaif

Some of my favorite films/popular media that introduce tawaif culture:

Heeramandi (on Netflix), 2024
Sanjay Leela Bhansali's 2002 film "Devdas"
The movie "Mughal-e-Azam" (1960)
The movie "Pakeezah" (1972)
The 1981 movie "Umrao Jaan" (and the 2006 remake), based on the 1905 Urdu novel "Umrao Jaan Ada"