Umrao Jaan (2006)
- Directed by
- J. P. Dutta
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- India
- Runtime
- 3h 08m
- Rating
- 8.0 of 10 from 27 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
The film tells the story of a courtesan named Umrao Jaan in 19th-century Lucknow. She navigates love and loss while living and working in a wealthy household.
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What happens
Umrao Jaan is a 2006 Indian period musical film romantic drama film produced and directed by J. P. Dutta, based on the Urdu novel Umrao Jaan Ada, and is about the famous Tawaif of the title. Aishwarya Rai stars in the lead role along with Abhishek Bachchan, Shabana Azmi, Sunil Shetty, Divya Dutta, Himani Shivpuri and Kulbhushan Kharbanda in supporting roles. Produced on a budget of ₹150 million, Umrao Jaan was released on 3rd November 2006 in 600–700 screens worldwide and grossed ₹195.2 million. The film is regarded as both a critical and commercial failure. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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