Umrao Jaan(2006)
Umrao Jaan is a 2006 Indian Hindi period musical romantic drama film directed by J.P. Dutta. The lead role is played by Aishwarya Rai, with Abhishek Bachchan, Shabana Azmi, Sunil Shetty, and Divya Dutta in supporting roles. The story follows a young girl named Ameeran who is kidnapped and sold to a brothel in Lucknow, where she becomes the celebrated courtesan Umrao Jaan. The film explores her rise to fame, her doomed love affair with Nawab Sultan Khan, and her eventual rejection by society and family. The film was shot on location in Jaipur and features choreography by Vaibhavi Merchant. It was a critical and commercial failure, grossing ₹19.52 crore worldwide against a ₹15 crore budget. The film was released on 3 November 2006.
Quick Facts
- Streaming on
- Amazon Prime Video
- Theatrical Release
- 1 January 2006
- Director
- J.P. Dutta
- Language
- Hindi
- Runtime
- 3h 8m
- Rating
- 7.1/10
Storyline
A young girl named Ameeran is kidnapped from her home and sold to a brothel in Lucknow. Renamed Umrao Jaan, she grows up to become a famous courtesan. She falls in love with a nobleman, but a lie destroys their relationship. She must survive betrayal, violence, and rejection from her own family.
“A courtesan's search for love and home.”
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Cast & Crew
Reunion Meter
Frequent partnerships reunited for Umrao Jaan
Cast reunions in this film: Sunil Shetty & Abhishek Bachchan (7 films together), Aishwarya Rai Bachchan & Abhishek Bachchan (6 films together), Kulbhushan Kharbanda & J. P. Dutta (6 films together), J.P. Dutta & J. P. Dutta (6 films together), Sunil Shetty & Kulbhushan Kharbanda (5 films together), and Shabana Azmi & Kulbhushan Kharbanda (4 films together).
Trivia
- The film's soundtrack was composed by Anu Malik, who won the Filmfare Award for Best Music Director for it.
- Aishwarya Rai performed all her own dance sequences, including the complex classical numbers, without a body double.
- The movie was shot in just 45 days, a tight schedule for a period drama of its scale.
- It was the first time Aishwarya Rai and Abhishek Bachchan acted together as a romantic pair on screen.
- The film's dialogues are written in a refined Urdu style, with J.P. Dutta insisting actors deliver them with precise pronunciation.
- Many costumes and jewelry pieces were custom-made to replicate 19th-century Lucknowi courtesan attire.
- The movie underperformed at the box office compared to the acclaimed 1981 original version.