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 ...

Regarded as the Mother India of Rekha’s career, the character of the Lucknowi courtesan whose adventurous life is defined and ...

In 1981, Rekha immortalized herself playing the enigmatic enchanting Lucknowi 19th century courtesan Umrao Jaan Adaa who danced into a poetic doom. When Umrao Jaan was on the verge of being ...