Welcome to the Lucknow of the 1890s into the court of the beautiful tawaif Umrao Jaan Adaa who lived her life in solitary ...
Ameeran ends up in a brothel run by Lucknow's Madame Khanum Jaan, where she is taught dance and poetry, and is subsequently re-named Umrao Jaan. Years later, Umrao has matured, is a well-known ...
Muzaffar Ali's Umrao Jaan turns 44 on January 2. The period piece about the courtesan from Lucknow became Rekha most famous ...