Umrao Jaan (2006)

Director:

J.P. Dutta

Writers:

J.P. Dutta (screenplay)
O.P. Dutta (story)
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Release Date:

3 November 2006 (India)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

Plot:

J.P. Dutta's adaption of the Urdu novel "Umrao Jan Ada" by Mirza Haadi Ruswa (1905).

Plot Keywords:

Male Female Relationship | Muslim | Kidnapping | Dancer | Friendship

Cast

Aishwarya Rai	...	Ameeran / Umrao Jaan
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 Ameeran
Vishwajeet Pradhan	...	Dilawer Khan
Parikshat Sahni	...	Umrao's Father
Bikram Saluja	...	Ashraf

Directed by
J.P. Dutta

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
J.P. Dutta		screenplay
O.P. Dutta		story
Mirza Muhammad Hadi Ruswa		novel "Umrao Jaan Ada" (as Mirza Haadi Ruswa)

Produced by
J.P. Dutta	....	producer

Original Music by
Anu Malik

Cinematography by
Ayananka Bose

Art Direction by
Bijon Das Gupta

Costume Design by
Bindiya Goswami
Anna Singh

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Shahana Dasgupta	....	assistant director
Nidhi Dutta	....	assistant director
Karishma Kohli	....	assistant director
Nagender	....	first assistant director
Suri	....	chief assistant director

Camera and Electrical Department
Nath Gupta	....	still photographer

Music Department
Anmol Malik	....	playback singer
Richa Sharma	....	playback singer
Alka Yagnik	....	playback singer

Other crew
Vaibhavi Merchant	....	choreographer

Other Companies

• Glamsham.com  on-line promotion

Runtime:

Germany:188 min (European Film Market)

Country:

India

Language:

Urdu | Hindi

Color:

Color

Trivia:

The costumes in which Aishwarya Rai sings and dances in were auctioned off for a charity prior to the release of the film.

Goofs:

Anachronisms: The movie is set in the period of the late 19th century but the hand pump shown is of India Mark II which came into existence much later.

Movie Connections:

Version of Umrao Jaan (1981)

Soundtrack:

Pehle Pehle

great movie

Well... I thought this movie was awesome but I heard people groaning in the movie theater because there were too many songs or that it was too long.. First of all its a Indian movie so its going to be long it was 3 hours which is not that far from all the other Indian movies that run 2 to 2 and half hours... also its only recently that Indian movies have become so short if u look back to the movies in the 80s and even 90s they all average close to 4 hours long!! As for the songs... People it's an Indian movie there are going to be songs! Furthermore it's a movie about a poet/courtesan... um how else are you supposed to express the art of her words or her profession? Another thing is I think most Indians these days like the poor Indian versions of American movies... This movie lacked the random "it's the time to disco" or "where the party at is" one liner lyrics in its songs. It also didn't have a bunch of foreign people dancing naked in the back drop.. Sad…