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Umrao Jaan is a 1981 Indian period musical drama film directed by Muzaffar Ali and starring Rekha as the eponymous character. Based on the 1905 Urdu novel Umrao Jaan Ada , the film tells the story of a Lucknow tawaif and poet, and her rise to fame.
Umrao Jaan is a 2006 Indian period musical romantic drama film produced and directed by J. P. Dutta, based on the Urdu novel Umrao Jaan Ada, and is about the famous Tawaif of the title. Aishwarya Rai stars in the lead role along with Abhishek Bachchan, Shabana Azmi, Sunil Shetty, Divya Dutta, Himani Shivpuri and Kulbhushan Kharbanda in ...
Salim–Sulaiman remade the 1981 Indian film into a musical play, Umrao Jaan Ada - The Musical, in 2019, the theatrical adaptation was directed by Rajeev Goswami with Pratibha Baghel in the title role of the tawaif. [11] In January 2023, an eight-part series adaptation of the novel was announced with Sajal Aly in the titular Umrao Jaan. [12]
These films included Kalyug (1981), Umrao Jaan (1981), Vijeta (1982), Utsav (1984), and Ijaazat (1987). Her acclaimed portrayal of the eponymous classical courtesan in Umrao Jaan won her the National Film Award for Best Actress. [14] [15] Her work during the decade included sporadic dubbing and playback singing. [16]
Shaukat Kaifi (21 October 1926 – 22 November 2019), [1] also credited as Shaukat Azmi, was an Indian theater and film actress. Her husband was the Urdu poet and film lyricist, Kaifi Azmi . The couple were leading lights of the Indian People's Theatre Association (IPTA) and the Progressive Writers Association (IWA), which were the cultural ...
Umrao Jaan is the titular heroine, a courtesan from Lucknow, in the 1899 Urdu novel Umrao Jaan Ada by Indian writer Mirza Hadi Ruswa. Umrao Jaan may also refer to the novel's adaptations: Umrao Jaan Ada, a Pakistani film; Umrao Jaan, a Bollywood film; Umrao Jaan, a Bollywood film; Umrao Jaan Ada, a Pakistani TV series
Azmi at 7th Chevrolet Apsara Film and Television Producers Guild Awards From her first film in 1974, Shabana Azmi has been part of over more than hundred projects. She has received many national awards.
Akhlaq Mohammad Khan (16 June 1936 – 13 February 2012), better known by his takhallus Shahryar, was an Indian academic, and a doyen of Urdu poetry in India. [1] [2] As a Hindi film lyricist, he is best known for his lyrics in Gaman (1978) and Umrao Jaan (1981) directed by Muzaffar Ali.