Umrao Jaan (2006 film)

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This article is about the 2006 film, directed by J P Dutta. For the 1981 film with the same title and subject directed by Muzaffar Ali starring Rekha, see Umrao Jaan.


Umrao Jaan

Poster for Umrao Jaan
Directed by J.P. Dutta
Produced by J.P. Dutta
Written by J.P. Dutta (screenplay),
O.P. Dutta (story),
Based on Novel by Mirza Muhammad Hadi Ruswa
Starring Aishwarya Rai,
Shabana Azmi,
Sunil Shetty,
Abhishek Bachchan,
Divya Dutta,
Himani Shivpuri,
Kulbhushan Kharbanda
Music by Anu Malik
Cinematography Ayananka Bose
Release date(s) November 3, 2006
Language Urdu/Hindi
IMDb profile

Umrao Jaan (Urdu: امراؤ جان, Hindi: उमराव जान) is a Bollywood film released on November 3, 2006, starring Aishwarya Rai as the famous courtesan. The film is directed by J P Dutta and also stars Shabana Azmi, Sunil Shetty, Abhishek Bachchan, Divya Dutta, Himani Shivpuri and Kulbhushan Kharbanda.

According to Dutta the film is based on the script written by his father O.P. Dutta [1].

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[edit] Cast

[edit] Plot

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

A little girl, Ameeran, from a lower middle class family in Faizabad is kidnapped and sold to a brothel in Lucknow. Played by Aishwarya Rai, she grows up to be the most famous nautch girl of her times and is re-christened Umrao Jaan.

While performing her first mujra she falls in love with Nawab Sultan (Abhishek Bachchan) and vows to be loyal to him all her life. However fate decides otherwise, and Umrao ends up having to wait for him to make a life for them, after the Nawab's father throws him out of his home.

Umrao decides to wait for her lover, even as the dacoit Faiz Ali (Sunil Shetty) wants to woo her.

Faiz Ali takes her away to Gari, with the hopes of marrying her, but she thinks of looking for her lover, Nawab Sultan. She finds out Faiz Ali was the most wanted robber, and is taken to jail. There she re-unites with Nawab Sultan, but he breaks her heart as he tells her, he cannot see her anymore, because he is getting married.

She returns to Lucknow, and is raped by her childhood friend who was always in love with her. She is then told to flee and is taken back to her home land of Faizabad. She sees her mother and brother once more, but they tell her she cannot be seen with them because of her reputation of being a prostitute. Umrao's story ends there, she went back to Lucknow, and lived with her poetry and lonely life.

The film is a journey of a woman who is living a life born out of circumstances, and has no control over her own destiny.

Though the courtesan wants to live like any other woman, that isn't her destiny; she believes that she was just born unlucky.

Spoilers end here.

[edit] Music

The music is by Anu Malik and the lyrics by Javed Akhtar. The track listing is as follows:

[edit] Trivia

  • Priyanka Chopra was considered to play the part of Umrao Jaan, but could not allot straight ninety dates head-to-head as she was busy with Bluffmaster (2005).
  • Arshad Warsi was to star in the film for role of Gauhar Mirza, but dropped out soon after as he chose to play his popular character in film Lage Raho Munna Bhai. Puru Raj Kumar replaced Warsi.
  • Ace choregrapher Saroj Khan , was considered to do the songs choregraphy but was later replaced by another popular choreographer Vaibhavi Merchant , due to some problems with director J.P. Dutta.
  • The shooting of the film was carried at actual locations including some palaces from Jaipur.

[edit] See also

  • Bollywood Movie Writer, Producer and Director Mr J P Dutta

[edit] External links

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