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Umrao Jaan (Rekha) - 1981 [DVD] |
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| Year : |
1981 |
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Hindi |
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Drama |
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| Two little girls are playing not far from their house. A horseman rides up and abducts one of them. She is taken to Lucknow and here her new life begins. She is trained to become a courtesan, well versed in the arts and in the art of giving pleasure. She becomes famous as Umrao Jaan Ada (Rekha) a legendary courtesan and poetess, admired for her accomplishments. She falls in love with a Nawab (Farooque Shaikh) but he is too weak a man to defy society and formalize his relationship with her. Her childhood friend (Naseeruddin Shah) is also in love with her, so also a mysterious, dark stranger (Raj Babbar). Many years later, circumstances bring her back to her old home � as a feeling of d�j� vu begins to overwhelm her, she realizes that she can never regain what she lost ... |
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