In this special series, we re-visit great Hindi film classics. Today, we look back at Rekha, Farooque Shaikh and Naseeruddin Shah's 1981 film Umrao Jaan. Does breathtaking have an expiry date?......
Who was Umrao Jaan?Many people may like to believe that Umraojaan existed for real, but to this date there is a controversy on whether such a courtesan existed in the 19th century, as depicted in......
Ever sinceJ P Dutta startedmaking hisUmrao Jaan he has been shouting at the top of his voice that he is not remaking Muzaffar Ali's Umrao Jaan but is making a film based on Mirza Mohammed Hadi......
Recreatingthe past is hard, and filmmakers seldom succeed in replacing the memory of the past vision with their own.The same is true of director J P Dutta's efforts, which are not nearly enough.......