උම්රාඕ ජාන් (1981 චිත්‍රපටය)
Umrao Jaan is a 1981 Indian musical film directed by Muzaffar Ali and starring Rekha as the eponymous character. Based on the 1905 Urdu novel Umrao Jaan Ada, the film tells the story of a Lucknow courtesan and her rise to fame.

Plot
In the year 1840, a girl named Amiran is kidnapped from her family in Faizabad and sold to Khanum Jaan, the madam of a brothel in Lucknow who teaches young courtesans. Renamed Umrao Jaan, Amiran turns into a cultured woman trained to captivate men of wealth and taste.

Umrao catches the eye of Nawab Sultan and the two fall in love, but the relationship comes to an end when Nawab reveals he must marry in order to please his family. Umrao then becomes infatuated with bandit chieftain Faiz Ali, who woos and wins her heart. She elopes with him, but is forced to return to Lucknow after Ali is killed by local police.

Sometime later, British soldiers attack Lucknow and the residents are forced to flee. Umrao's party of refugees stops in a small village, which Umrao recognizes as Faizabad. The residents fail to recognize her, however, and ask her to dance for their pleasure.

Afterwards, she reunites with her family, who believed her to be dead. Her mother is happy to welcome Umrao back, but her brother forbids it and orders Umrao to never return. She returns to Lucknow to find the brothel looted and deserted.

චරිත නිරූපණය

 රේඛා, අමීරන්/උම්රාඕ ජාන් ලෙස
 සීමා සථායූ සහ උම්මේ ෆාර්වා, ළමා අමීරන් ලෙස
 Farooq Shaikh as Nawab Sultan
 Naseeruddin Shah as Gohar Mirza
 Raj Babbar as Faiz Ali
 Ishtiaque Khan as Khan Ghilzai
 Gajanan Jagirdar as Maulvi Saheb
 Shaukat Kaifi as Khanum Jaan
 Dina Pathak as Husseini
 Prema Narayan as Bismillah Jaan
 Bharat Bhushan Bhalla as Khan Saheb
 Mukri as Parnan Aziz
 Satish Shah as Daroga Dilawar

Crew
 Art Direction: Muzaffar Ali, Bansi Chandragupta, Manzoor
 Choreography: Gopi Krishna for the song " Dil Cheez Kya Hai ", Kumudini Lakhia
 Costume Design: Subhashini Ali

Release and reception
According to author Anitaa Padhye's Ten Classics (English), Umrao Jaan was released theatrically on 2 January 1981.

Rekha was praised for her acting, but the box office returns were just average. The supporting characters were played by Naseeruddin Shah, Farooq Shaikh, Raj Babbar and Bharat Bhushan. Critics responded favourably to the carefully done historical setting.

The soundtrack was composed by Khayyam and the lyrics were penned by Shahryar. Several songs from the film, sung by Asha Bhosle, are considered classics of filmi music: "Dil Cheez Kya Hai", "Justuju Jiski Thi", "In Aankhon Ki Masti", and "Yeh Kya Jagah Hai Doston".

Accolades

Songs

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Films featuring a Best Actress National Award-winning performance
1980s Hindi-language films
Hindi-language films
Indian epic films
1980s Urdu-language films
ඉන්දියානු චිත්‍රපට
Films directed by Muzaffar Ali
Films set in Lucknow
Films based on Indian novels
Films about courtesans in India
Films shot in Lucknow
Films whose production designer won the Best Production Design National Film Award