Umrao Jaan (2006)

Cast

Credited cast:
	Aishwarya Rai Bachchan	...	Ameeran (as Aishwarya Rai)
	Shabana Azmi	...	Khanum Jaan
	Sunil Shetty	...	Nawab Faiz Ali (as Suneil Shetty)
	Abhishek Bachchan	...	Nawab Sultan Khan
	Divya Dutta	...	Bismillah
	Himani Shivpuri	...	Bua Hussaini
	Puru Rajkumar	...	Gauhar Mirza
	Kulbhushan Kharbanda	...	Maulvi Sahab
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
	Maya Alagh	...	Umrao's mother
	Ayesha Jhulka	...	Khurshid
	Javed Khan	...	Peer Baksh
	Bansree Madan	...	Young Amiran
	Sakshi Madhwani	...	Young Amiran
	Vishwajeet Pradhan	...	Dilawer Khan
	Parikshat Sahni	...	Amiran's father

Storyline

Ameeran lives a poor-lifestyle with her mom, dad, and brother, Jamal, in Faizabad, British India. When her dad testifies against the local corrupt cop, Dilawar Khan, Khan swears to avenge this humiliation, and several years later, abducts Ameeran, holds her for ransom. When no money is forthcoming, he sells her. Ameeran ends up in a brothel run by Lucknow's Madame Khanum Jaan, where she is taught dance and poetry, and is subsequently re-named Umrao Jaan. Years later, Umrao has matured, is a well-known Courtesan with many patrons, chief amongst them are Nawab Sujat Ali Khan and his son, Sultan. Umrao and Sultan fall in love with each other, much to the chagrin of Sujat, who instructs Sultan either to give up Umrao or to lose his inheritance, and Sultan chooses Umrao. He gives up his father's palatial house and goes to live in the brothel, but re-locates to live with his uncle in Gadi after being taunted by Khanum Jaan... Written by rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)  

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