After getting kidnapped and sold to a Kotha(brothel) in Lucknow, she grows up and becomes famous among the rich and the elite because of her Shaayari(Urdu poetry) sung in her melodious voice and coupled with her enchanting dances. The story belongs to the Tawaayaf(courtesan) Umrao Jaan who was born at Faizabaad as Ameeran. And undoubtedly, director Muzaffar Ali's cinematic version of the story originally written in the nineteenth century and said to be the true story of a true character, is better than the written work.
#Umrao jaan 1981 review movie#
I happened to watch the movie first and read the novel later. rAjOo Jaan(1981) is based on the novel - 'Umrao Jaan Ada' of Mirza Mohammad Haadi Ruswa. Watch what Umrao does to escape from being married against her will, and her attempts to try and find her way back to her parents. Umrao re-locates to Kanpur where she establishes herself as a Poet and dancer, but is hunted down by brothel-keepers, Gohar Mirza and Husseini and brought back, where she is told that she must marry Gohar. The young Nawab is smitten by Umrao's beauty and her poems, but is finally forced to marry a girl of his mother's choice, leaving behind a heart-broken and devastated Umrao, who seeks solace in the arms of Faiz Ali and finally elopes with him, only to find out that he is a wanted bandit, and is shot down and killed by guards. She has many patrons, chief amongst them are Nawab Sultan and his father. Years later, Umrao has grown up and is an accomplished poetess as well as dancer extraordinary. It is here Amiran will be re-named Umrao Jaan. After his discharge around 1840, he extracts his vengeance by abducting Amiran and selling to a brothel madam.
In Faizabad, British India, Dilawar is sentenced to several years in prison after Amiran's Daroga dad testifies against him.
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