Umrao Jaan

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Umrao Jaan

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Umrao Jaan

Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai, Ayesha Jhulka, Bikram Saluja, Divya Dutta

"Umrao Jaan" unveils the injustices faced by women and advocates their emancipation. Set in late 19th-century India, the film tells the story of Umrao Jaan, a courtesan and poetess who was kidnapped a...( read more  read more... )s a child and sold into the country's prevalent culture of courtesanship. Umrao becomes popular amongst Lucknow's elite, including a nawab, a childhood friend and a dacoit with whom she attempts an escape from her brothel.

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  • binky013
    March 29, 2008
    binky013
    With sincere apologies to all my flixster friends who are huge Bollywood fans . . .

    Walter, I say, with great guilt, that I could not bear another syllable of this one. Not another frame, not another cut, not another jot, not another iota.

    In fairness to me, I have been o

    ...( read more)n an all-Bollywood, all-the-time crusade recently, so you'll see how highly, if you check my history of reviews, I've rated some BW product.

    Seriously, Walter, I was climbing the walls a few minutes into this one.

    I'm sure, because I'm a long-time flixster supporter to the bitter end, upholding the flixsterian democratic ideal that we are all entitled to our own opinions, no matter how narrow and inflexible they may be, that this one will most assuredly get big star ratings from other flixsters -- just not from me.

    It's another one, Walter, for our list.

    Please feel free to label me old, insensitive, and unbending, if you will, but I tried. I truly gave it the "old college" try. Just as with tripe like so-so Blue, or actually decent White -- the best one in a threesome of not-often-under-gushed-about fodder --, and seriously-most-disappointing and wholly vacuous color-trio buddy Red.

    I really, really, really tried, Walter. But, as you know even way up there in the far East-North, time is precious, and life is short.

    I mean it: long live GOOD Bollywood.
  • ileo
    December 26, 2007
    ileo
    An amazing movie! Loved it! Brought tears to my eyes.
  • rsfunny
    October 7, 2009
    rsfunny
    Very close to the original story. Really enjoyed it.
  • FFcloud
    September 1, 2008
    FFcloud
    Ehhh, just really strange is what this is.
    Not worth watching.
  • khorace1
    July 6, 2008
    khorace1
    Beautiful and tragic.
  • vienryst2lyn
    June 20, 2008
    vienryst2lyn
    bit boring but itscool!!!
  • aruna365
    May 12, 2008
    aruna365
    this movie was so beautiful, you really feel for Aish's character.
  • MangoChutChut
    February 4, 2008
    MangoChutChut
    Not my cup of Darjeeling tea.
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