Umrao Jaan (2005)
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Critic Reviews: 1
Fresh: 1 | Rotten: 0
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A young courtesan kidnapped from her home and sold into slavery ultimately transcends her grim fate in director J.P. Dutta's adaptation of author Mirza Haadi Ruswa's classic 1905 novel. Previously adapted for the screen to great acclaim in 1981, Ruswa's novel tells the story of a middle class girl kidnapped by a habitual offender who had been imprisoned for ten years as a result of her father's damning testimony. Determined to curse his accuser with a fate worse than death, the vengeful
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Shabana Azmi
Khanum -
Suniel Shetty
Faiz Ali -
Aishwarya Rai
Ameeran/Umrao Jaan -
Abhishek Bachchan
Nawab Sultan -
Kulbhushan Kharbanda
Maulvi -
Himani Shivpuri
Bua Hussaini -
Ayesha Jhulka
Khurshid Jaan -
Divya Dutta
Bismillah Jaan -
Puru Raj Kumar
Gauhar Mirza -
Parikshit Sahni
Ameeran's Father -
Maya Alagh
Ameeran's Mother -
Vishwajeet Pradhan
Dilawar Khan -
Javed Khan
Pir Baksh -
Bikram Saluja
Ashraf -
Bansree Madhani
Ameeran the Young Umrao -
Alka Yagnik
Singing Voice of Umrao ... -
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Demands more patience than usual mainstream Hindi fare but rewards the viewer with fine perfs and a story that engages emotionally over the three-hour span.
Top CriticThis story has all the hallmarks of a grand tragedy, but under J.P. Dutta's leaden direction, Umrao Jaan never registers a pulse.
At three and a half hours, J.P. Dutta's lugubrious period melodrama Umrao Jaan defeated me. It feels endless.
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