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Umrao Jaan

  • 19811981
  • 2h 25m
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Rekha in Umrao Jaan (1981)
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In Faizabad, British India, Dilawar is sentenced to several years in prison after Amiran's Daroga dad testifies against him. After his discharge around 1840, he extracts his vengeance by abd... Read allIn Faizabad, British India, Dilawar is sentenced to several years in prison after Amiran's Daroga dad testifies against him. After his discharge around 1840, he extracts his vengeance by abducting Amiran and selling to a brothel madam. It is here Amiran will be re-named Umrao Jaa... Read allIn Faizabad, British India, Dilawar is sentenced to several years in prison after Amiran's Daroga dad testifies against him. After his discharge around 1840, he extracts his vengeance by abducting Amiran and selling to a brothel madam. It is here Amiran will be re-named Umrao Jaan. Years later, Umrao has grown up and is an accomplished poetess as well as dancer extrao... Read all
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    • Director
      • Muzaffar Ali
    • Writers
      • Mirza Muhammad Hadi Ruswa(novel)
      • Shama Zaidi(screenplay and dialogue)
      • Javed Siddiqui(screenplay and dialogue)
    • Stars
      • Rekha
      • Farooq Shaikh
      • Naseeruddin Shah
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    • Director
      • Muzaffar Ali
    • Writers
      • Mirza Muhammad Hadi Ruswa(novel)
      • Shama Zaidi(screenplay and dialogue)
      • Javed Siddiqui(screenplay and dialogue)
    • Stars
      • Rekha
      • Farooq Shaikh
      • Naseeruddin Shah
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    • 14User reviews
    • 4Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 6 wins & 1 nomination

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    Rekha
    Rekha
    • Amiran
    Farooq Shaikh
    Farooq Shaikh
    • Nawab Sultan
    • (as Farouque Shaikh)
    Naseeruddin Shah
    Naseeruddin Shah
    • Gohar Mirza
    Raj Babbar
    Raj Babbar
    • Faiz Ali
    Shaukat Azmi
    Shaukat Azmi
    • Khanum Jaan
    • (as Shaukat Kaifi)
    Ishtiaque Khan Ghilzai
      Prema Narayan
      Prema Narayan
      • Bismillah
      Akbar Rashid
      Gajanan Jagirdar
      Gajanan Jagirdar
      • Maulvi
      Dina Pathak
      Dina Pathak
      • Husseini
      Rita Rani Kaul
      • Ramdei
      Shaheen Sultan
      Umme Farwa
      • Young Amiran
      Seema Sathyu
      Farrukh Jaffar
      Farrukh Jaffar
      • Played Umrao Jaan's biological mother
      Bharat Bhushan
      Bharat Bhushan
      • Khan Saheb
      • (uncredited)
      Leela Mishra
      Leela Mishra
        Mukri
        Mukri
        • Parnan Aziz
        • (uncredited)
        • Director
          • Muzaffar Ali
        • Writers
          • Mirza Muhammad Hadi Ruswa(novel)
          • Shama Zaidi(screenplay and dialogue)
          • Javed Siddiqui(screenplay and dialogue)
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          Rekha wore her own costumes and jewelry for the movie due to budget constraints. The success of Khubsoorat and Umrao Jaan established Rekha, with whom Amitabh had stopped signing movies, as the top heroine of the first half of 1980s. The mantle would be later taken over by Sridevi, in 1983.
        • Connections
          Featured in Congregation (1986)
        • Soundtracks
          Dil cheez kya hai aap meri jaan leejiye
          Lyrics by Shahryar
          Music by Khayyam
          Sung by Asha Bhosle

        User reviews14

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        9/10
        Epitome of Sophistication & Ettiqutes.
        It's all about the most beautiful language and the city of the world.
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        • Jul 5, 2021

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        • Release date
          • 1981 (India)
        • Country of origin
          • India
        • Language
          • Urdu
        • Also known as
          • Дорогая Умрао
        • Production companies
          • Integrated Films
          • S K Jain & Sons
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          2 hours 25 minutes
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          • Mono

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