- Movie Name : Umrao Jaan
- Year of Release : 2006
- Genre : Drama
- Banner : J. P. Films
- Producer : J. P. Dutta
- Director : J. P. Dutta
- Starring : Aishwarya Rai, Abhishek Bachchan, Shabana Azmi,
Suniel Shetty, Puru Rajkumar, Divya Dutta, Himani Shivpuri, Kulbhushan Kharbanda,
Ayesha Jhulka, Bikram Saluja
- Music Director : Anu Malik
- Lyricist : Javed Akhtar
- Story Writer : J. P. Dutta
- Dialogue Writer : O. P. Dutta
- Screenplay Writer : O. P. Dutta
- Art Director : Bijon Das Gupta
- Choreographer : Vaibhavi Merchant
- Playback Singer : Alka Yagnik
Based on a book by Mirza Hadi Ruswa (a teacher in mathematics, science, philosophy
and Persian), the movie tells the tale of Amiran who was abducted as a child
and sold into a Lucknow kotha by Dilawar, a man seeking revenge from Amiran’s
father.
There, at the kotha, Amiran is re-christened as Umrao by the chief courtesan
Khanum Sahib (Shabana Azmi). Under the tutelage of Maulvi Sahib (Kulbhushan
Kharbanda) Umrao learns the intricacies of Urdu language and poetry. She gets
motherly love from Bua Hussaini (Himani Shivpuri). She finds friends in Khurshid
(Ayesha Jhulka) and Bismillah (Divya Dutta). She learns dancing under the watchful
eye of Khanum Sahib.
Umrao (Aishwarya Rai) grows to be a beautiful woman with a natural talent for
poetry and dancing. In her very first mujra, she wins the hearts of nawabs of
Lucknow, particularly Nawab Sultan (Abhishek Bachchan).
A pathan, Nawab Sultan falls for Umrao as she does for him. So strong and irrepressible
is their love that Nawab chooses Umrao over the wealth and lineage of his rich
father. And Umrao too rebels against Khanum Sahib for her love for Nawab.
But a pauper Nawab is no longer able to fill the coffers of Khanum. Enters Faiz
Ali (Sunil Shetty), a bandit disguised as a Nawab. He offers the asked sum for
Umrao Jaan. Against her wishes, Umrao is sold to the highest bidder.
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