Muzaffar Ali’s 1981 film, which transcends the labels of historical drama and tawaif film, is still a great watch 44 years after it was first released Watching Muzaffar Ali’s Umrao Jaan restored by ...

Rekha's iconic role in "Umrao Jaan" remains relevant, exploring love, loss, and societal status of courtesans through ...

Among the beneficiaries of the recent trend of older films being re-released in cinemas is Umrao Jaan. Muzaffar Ali’s celebrated period drama from 1981, starring Rekha in one of her most well-regarded ...

Long before Umrao Jaan, cinematic Lucknow was a silhouette, its people and places existed in stories, but its spirit remained absent. Then appeared Muzaffar Ali, armed with lifelong memories of ...

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 17 (ANI): Celebrated filmmaker Muzaffar Ali recently opened up about the re-release of his cinematic masterpiece, 'Umrao Jaan', in theatres. Known for its poetic ...

Two images from my early teens still stand in memory. Watching Khubsoorat at age 11 in an evening show and walking back home with my parents, sleepy, but utterly charmed by the experience, in love ...

I was nine when Umrao Jaan found me — or perhaps, when I found myself in Umrao Jaan. Yeh kya jagah hai, doston (What place is this, dear friends) Those haunting words — set to Khayyam’s aching ...

Immortalised on celluloid by director, poet, art aficionado and designer Muzaffar Ali, the heart-wrenching saga of Umrao Jaan continues to mesmerise and enamour audiences even 44 years after its ...

Unlike other famous courtesans of Hindi cinema and literature, Umrao Jan’s story has been revisited time and again over the last 125 years The world first met Umrao Jan (spelt Jaan sometimes) Ada ...

Rekha-starrer ‘Umrao Jaan’, Guru Dutt's ‘Pyaasa’ and Ritwik Ghatak's ‘Subarnarekha’ are among the 10 restored classics to be screened at the 55th International Film Festival of India (IFFI), taking ...