Mumbai: Her performance in Muzaffar Ali's Umrao Jaan in 1981 not only won Rekha her first National Award but also made an entire nation hum the soulful songs from the film. It was Muzaffar's first liaison with the camera. After doing just one more film, he retired to a quiet life of designing, poetry and paintings. Now buzz is that Rekha might actually do a cameo in a sequel that...
02:57 PM, May 29, 2012
New Delhi: Though he remained a benevolent Urdu professor for the students of the Aligarh Muslim University but the lovers of the quality Hindi film songs will always remember Shahryar as the lyricist of the evergreen songs of 1981 film 'Umrao Jaan'. He also penned down lyrics for films such as 'Gaman', 'Faasle' and 'Anjuman'. Winner of Sahitya Akademi of 1987, Shahryar will always be remembered as someone who could...
05:36 PM, Feb 14, 2012
Aligarh: Noted Urdu poet and Jnanpith awardee Akhlaq Mohammed Khan, who shot to fame for penning Ghazals in Bollywood classics like 'Umrao Jaan', passed away in Aligarh on Monday after a protracted illness at the age of 76. The poet, better known by his pseudonym Shahryar, is survived by his two sons and a daughter. Khan, who also won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1987, was one of the most...
11:28 PM, Feb 13, 2012
It is Abhishek and Aishwarya's seventh film together ...
07:30 PM, Apr 29, 2010
Big B talks about the many faces of the classic
Umrao Jaan . ...
02:58 AM, Aug 26, 2007
The lyricist of the original
Umrao Jaan says there cannot be any comparison between the two films. ...
11:30 AM, Nov 20, 2006
Umrao Jaan seems like a way station for Bollywood star Aishwarya Rai on her path to international success. ...
10:27 AM, Nov 10, 2006
Aishwarya Rai is more exasperated than amused by stories of her impending marriage with Abhishek Bachchan. ...
08:42 AM, Nov 08, 2006
"I'm one of the small players in
Umrao Jaan. I don't think Aishwarya requires any support from me," Abhishek says. ...
11:56 AM, Nov 05, 2006
The thing that hurts the most about
Umrao Jaan is that it's far too synthetic and so you can't relate to the pain. ...
10:28 PM, Nov 03, 2006
J P Dutta says it was Aishwarya who made him change his genre when she finally consented to do
Umrao Jaan. ...
12:13 PM, Nov 03, 2006
This Friday, Aishwarya Rai returns to the marquee with
Umrao Jaan and Martin Scorcese's back with
The Departed. ...
08:46 AM, Nov 03, 2006
J P Dutta's
Umrao Jaan is all set to release this Friday, but the nawabs of Lucknow are not one bit happy with it. ...
09:56 AM, Nov 01, 2006
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