A great fan of her personally -lived life on her terms. What I meant to say was, Umrao Jaan- great story, excellent performances by all concerned. Wakens us daily in the far reaches of the night Raat ke pichle peher roz jagaati hain humme Yaad teri, kabhi dastak, kabhi sargoshi se Kabhi fursat mein kar lena hisaab, aahista, aahista.ДЄpart from others, my own favourite would be of course be the classic pun dil cheez kya hai aap meri jaan lijiye, with only the pause changing the meaning. Shab-e-furkat ka jaaga hoon farishton, ab toh sone do Mere paas ashq-e-nadamat ke siwa kuch bhi nahin ДЄye khuda mujh se na le mere gunaahon ka hisaab If you like this particular line, you are probably in very good company, as 'accounting for one'slife/sins' is a recurring theme. Lover might marry elsewhere (she is practical enough to know that sheД¬an never be his wife), she is still hurt when he comes to invite her for his wedding. Where he wishes, she gets her son married off to her young companion. Proposal when he exclaims that do what she will, his son will marry HisД®x-wife wants nothing to do with him or his family and brushes off his Himself, he wants his only son to be married to his young niece. His motives are far from pure - he not only desires Umrao Nawab Sultan'sДЇather informs his estranged wife about her son's relationship with aД¬ourtesan. To the two lovers, it is the beginning of the end. Mother-in-law and her servant, Umrao vows never to step into their house But the blow soon falls - insulted by the Begum's Never enter the kotha again, but they begin to meet at hisДЇriend's mansion. Sent by Mirza's hand fans the embers of his passion once again. Involving another man sends him away, until a couplet penned by her and Sultan's love for Umrao pays no heed to the societal restraints that Umrao (Rekha) and Bismillah (Prema Narayan) are two beautiful women whoДЄre ready for their presentation to the world of men, the world ofД®legant and cultured men who have an appreciation of music and dance and Have known had she remained in her parental home. Very next day, Umrao begins her training in music and dance along withД«ismillah, Khanoum Jaan's daughter. The child who knows she cannot go back to her parents. Present, Khanoum Jaan's and Husseini's kindness means a great deal to She is too innocent to know what the kotha isДЇor, and has no idea that one day, she will be a commodity on sale.

After the horrifying ordeal she had been through, Ameeran Takes over the job of bringing her up, and it is here that AmeeranД«ecomes Umrao. As she remarks to Husseini (Dina Pathak), yahaan nahi bikti toh kahin aur bikti. Taken to a high-class kotha, where Khanoum Jaan (Shaukat Azmi) is taken by her innocence.

Ram Dei is taken into a wealthyДЇamily, while Ameeran, dark-skinned (and therefore less attractive) is In Lucknow, she makesДЇriends with Ram Dei, who was abducted from a fair.ДЇew days later, the girls are sold. Not the only unfortunate girl to be so abducted. HeДЄbducts Ameeran, planning to kill her, but changes his mind when hisД¬ompanion offers a better idea - sell the girl in Lucknow. Neighbour Dilawar Khan (Satish Shah), as a result of which he had been It is also a very well-made period film withДЇather (director Muzaffar Ali in a cameo) had testified against their That the original film is deservedly seen as a classic, it is a periodДЇilm, a genre that I love. Screamed himself hoarse that he was not 'remaking' Muzaffar Ali's film,Д«ut was adapting the novel on which it was based. Umrao JaanДЄda, the legendary courtesan of Lucknow. Reminded me of another classic that was remade (and butchered) - asДifferent from Chashme Buddoor as chalk from cheese. That review also led me to thinking about remakes in general, and

Probably have not seen the original, and even more possibly, cannot

Group one assumes that the people who see, and like the remake, most Came about because the film had been remade and had initiated a virtualДebate about its cinematic quality, and the advisability of remakingДЇilms that ought not to be touched.

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