Revisiting Muzaffar Ali’s Umrao Jaan, in its restored 4K version, reveals more myth than magic. How do “tawaifs”, nostalgia, and class memory shape this cinematic relic?

Veteran actress Rekha is known for giving depth and vitality to every role she performs. While she is no longer working in ...

But Umrao Jaan's formidable Urdu was a challenge even for her. Muzaffar shares, "Rekha said that she'll dub it in six hours, but I wanted to get each word right, each breath right.

Niharika Bijli, Lead Strategist at PVR INOX, talks to HT about re-releases, theatrical cinema, Umrao Jaan, and more.

Muzaffar Ali gives his most precise expression for what Umrao Jaan means to him: “My Umrao is sacred. She is for aashiques, lovers. Those who emulate it will be rejected. It is sacred, and it is mine, ...

Rekha starrer Umrao Jaan gets 4K re-release in cinemas from June 27: “None of us could have imagined the timelessness of the film”. Bollywood News: Latest Bollywood News, Bollywood News Today ...

‘Umrao Jaan’, however, is kept as real as possible. If director Muzaffar Ali’s aim was to show the brutal and harsh world that a prostitute lives in, then, he certainly achieved that in spades.

You can watch ‘Umrao Jaan’ once again in theaters. The film’s director, Muzaffar Ali, revealed in a conversation with India Today that Rekha finally immortalized Umrao, but she was not his ...

Interestingly, the new Umrao Jaan will be Bollywood's fourth attempt at telling Ruswa's story. The first film came in 1958, called Mehndi, after which Zindagi Aur Toofan followed in 1975.

Umrao Jaan A connoisseur's item that deserves fest play beyond the usual Bollywood circuit, 19th-century courtesan drama "Umrao Jaan" marks a major bounceback by writer-director J.P. Dutta after ...

The final star cast of UMRAO JAAN is as follows: Aishwarya Rai, Abhishek Bachchan, Shabana Azmi, Suniel Shetty, Arshad Warsi, Divya Dutta, Himani Shivpuri, Puru Raaj Kumar and Kulbhushan Kharbanda.

When no money is forthcoming, he sells her. Ameeran ends up in a brothel run by Lucknow's Madame Khanum Jaan, where she is taught dance and poetry, and is subsequently re-named Umrao Jaan.