![]() While she catches the eye of many men and even falls for a couple of them, tragedy seems to rear its ugly head throughout her life. She takes an interest in shayari and builds a name for herself with her talent and beauty. She is groomed, given everything from jewellery and clothes to an education in the arts so that she can woo men. ![]() The period drama tells the tale of Umrao, a courtesan in Lucknow during the 1800s.īorn Amiran, she is kidnapped from her parents’ home as a young girl and sold to a brothel run by Khanum Jaan, played by Shaukat Kaifi. Starring a stunning Rekha in a career-defining performance, Umrao Jaan - based on the novel Umrao Jaan Ada by Mirza Hadi Ruswa - was directed, produced and co-written by Muzaffar Ali. Be it Kabhi Kabhie, Umrao Jaan, Razia Sultan or Bazaar, the music of his films became a large part of their identity, and, in many cases, was even the reason they were hits.īut if there is one film of Khayyam’s that stands head and shoulders above the rest, one film he is synonymous with, it is the Umrao Jaan of 1981. ![]() He worked only on 40 films in his 70-year career - a rarity in Bollywood - but each of those was almost defined by its music. ![]() New Delhi: Hindi cinema lost a legend this week with the passing away of music composer Mohammed Zahur Khayyam Hashmi, popularly known as Khayyam, at the age of 92. ![]()
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