Revisiting Muzaffar Ali’s Umrao Jaan, in its restored 4K version, reveals more myth than magic. How do “tawaifs”, nostalgia, ...

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

Director Muzaffar Ali's epic-drama 'Umrao Jaan' (1981), re-released in theatres on June 27. What makes the film still resonate with audiences after 44 years? A revisit of the film's enduring cinematic ...

Kabir Bedi recently shared insights into working with Rekha in ‘Khoon Bhari Maang,’ directed by Rakesh Roshan. He revealed ...

Unlike other famous courtesans of Hindi cinema and literature, Umrao Jan’s story has been revisited time and again over the ...

Hema Malini on Rekha’s Umrao Jaan, “Rekha was born to play Umrao Jaan” Bollywood News: Latest Bollywood News, Bollywood News Today, Bollywood Celebrity News, Breaking News, Celeb News, Celebrities ...

Muzaffar Ali, the director of Umrao revealed that Rekha was not the first choice for the fil. Instead he wanted to star this ...

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 ...

To watch the restored Umrao Jaan is to open an old chest stuffed with barely creased clothing and baubles that are still ...

Ashvini Bhave called Rekha ’ethereal’ as she recalls attending the Umrao Jaan screening with the legend herself and actress Shabana Azmi, ’evening to remember’ ...

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 ...