In a heartfelt interview, Vidya Balan recounts her emotional experience of watching 'Umrao Jaan' alongside Rekha, praising ...

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, ...

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?

The author reflects on watching the restored version of Muzaffar Ali's Umrao Jaan. The film evokes childhood memories and a ...

Muzaffar Ali’s version featuring Rekha in the title role, begins with little Ameeran in Faizabad abducted to Lucknow to be moulded and shaped into a perfect tawaif, and ends with Umrao grown from the ...

Revisiting ‘Umrao Jaan’: Muzaffar Ali’s timeless elegy returns to screens Echoing the fading beauty of the old world, Ali’s cinematic masterpiece ‘Umrao Jaan’ makes a graceful comeback ...

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

Rekha, the epitome of elegance, graced the Umrao Jaan screening in a custom Manish Malhotra ensemble, evoking nostalgia for her iconic role. Her tradi ...

Umrao Jaan, the period film directed by auteur Muzaffar Ali, in 1981 introduced Indian audiences to the life and times of courtesan and poetess, Umrao Jaan. Based on the 1899 novel, Umrao Jaan Ada ...

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 ...

Muzaffar Ali revealed that Smita Patil was his first choice for Umrao Jaan, but he thinks nobody could have done what Rekha did with her character.

On Thursday, June 26, 2025, when Umrao Jaan took on a new life with its 4K restored release special screening in Mumbai, Rekha too was reborn wearing an ensemble by her favourite celebrity ...