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Indian director J.P. Dutta fashions a lavish Bollywood musical out of a classic Urdu novel about a courtesan (Aishwarya Rai) who writes poetry and dreams of finding true love.

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UPC8901452100268

eBay Product ID (ePID)77285550

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ActorAishwarya Rai, Abhishek Bachchan

Movie/TV TitleUmrao Jaan

DirectorJ.P. Dutta

FormatDVD

GenreForeign Language

Sub-GenreHindi, Musical

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Number of Discs2

Country/Region of ManufactureIndia

Leading RoleAishwarya Rai, Abhishek Bachchan

Film CountryIndia

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by soutrikdd-2008
10 Apr, 2019
Remade, less than the original, but watch it for the songs and Aish.
I love the music from this movie, surprisingly good, especially since its by Anu Malik. The specific 'Agle janam mohe bitiya na kijo' song is a gem - both versions (Richa Sharma and Anmol Mallik) are superb. The movie is little less impressive than the 1981 Rekha version, no fault of the actors. Aishwarya is superb, so are most of the others. However, direction, editing and especially the choreography are sub-par. The cinematography is not bad, but the art direction probably required showing everything shiny and new, which kind of detracts from the plausibility. The overall result is that this powerful story by Mohd. Hadi Ruswa is somewhat diluted. I wish the same cast could be brought together to redo the movie - perhaps with a Shekhar Kapur as director. Love the story - sad, yes, but oh so touching.
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