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((Short description|1981 Indian musical film by Muzaffar Ali))
((about|the 1981 film directed by Muzaffar Ali|the 2006 film|Umrao Jaan (2006 film)|other uses|Umrao Jaan (disambiguation)((!))Umrao Jaan))
((Copy edit|date=October 2023))
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((Infobox film
| name           = Umrao Jaan
| image          = Umrao Jaan 1981 poster.jpg
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| director       = [[Muzaffar Ali]]
| producer       = Muzaffar Ali
| based_on       = ((based on|''[[Umrao Jaan Ada]]''|[[Mirza Hadi Ruswa]]))
| writer         = ((Plainlist|
* Muzaffar Ali
* [[Javed Siddiqui]]
* [[Shama Zaidi]]
))
| starring       = [[Rekha]]
| studio         = ((Plainlist|
* Integrated Films
* S. K. Jain & Sons
))
| music          = [[Mohammed Zahur Khayyam]]
| cinematography = [[Pravin Bhatt]]
| editing        = B. Prasad
| released       = ((Film date|1981|1|2|df=y))
| runtime        = 145 minutes
| language       = Urdu<ref>((cite web |title=National Film Archive of India |url=https://nfai.nfdcindia.com/film-search.php |website=nfai.nfdcindia.com |access-date=11 February 2020))</ref>
| budget         = ((INR))50 lakh<ref>((Cite news |last=Subramaniam |first=Chitra |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/society-the-arts/films/story/19800415-umrao-jaan-attempts-to-recapture-aristocratic-grandeur-of-awadh-806570-2014-02-01 |title=Umrao Jaan attempts to recapture aristocratic grandeur of Awadh |date=15 April 1980 |work=[[India Today]] |publisher=[[Living Media]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031081328/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/society-the-arts/films/story/19800415-umrao-jaan-attempts-to-recapture-aristocratic-grandeur-of-awadh-806570-2014-02-01 |archive-date=31 October 2020 |access-date=31 October 2020 |url-status=live ))</ref>
))

'''''Umrao Jaan''''' is a 1981 Indian [[Historical drama|period]] [[musical film|musical drama]] film directed by [[Muzaffar Ali]] and starring [[Rekha]] as the eponymous character. Based on the 1905 [[Urdu language|Urdu]] novel ''[[Umrao Jaan Ada]]'', the film tells the story of a [[Lucknow]] [[tawaif]] and poet, and her rise to fame.

Upon release, ''Umrao Jaan'' received widespread critical acclaim, with high praise for Ali's direction and Rekha's central performance, which is widely considered as one of the greatest of Hindi cinema. It also emerged as a commercial success, ranking as one of the highest-grossing films of the year. 

At the [[29th National Film Awards]], ''Umrao Jaan'' won 4 awards, including [[National Film Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]] (Rekha). At the [[29th Filmfare Awards]], the film received 3 nominations, including [[Filmfare Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]] (Rekha), and won 2 awards – [[Filmfare Award for Best Director|Best Director]] (Ali) and [[Filmfare Award for Best Music Director|Best Music Director]] (Khayyam).

==Plot==
In the year 1840, a girl named Amiran is kidnapped from her family in [[Faizabad]] and sold to Khanum Jaan, the madam of a [[kotha]] in [[Lucknow]] who teaches young tawaifs. Dilawar is sentenced to several years in prison after Amiran's [[daroga]] dad testifies against him, he kidnapped Amiran for revenge. It is here Amiran renamed Umrao Jaan. Years later, Umrao has grown up and is an accomplished poet as well as an extraordinary [[tawaif]]. She turns into a cultured woman trained to captivate men of wealth and taste.

The young Nawab is smitten by Umrao's beauty and her poems. Umrao catches the eye of Nawab Sultan and the two fall in love, but the relationship comes to an end when Nawab reveals he must marry in order to please his family, leaving behind a heart broken and devastated Umrao, who seeks solace in the arms of Faiz Ali. Umrao then becomes infatuated with bandit chieftain Faiz Ali, who woos and wins her heart. She elopes with him, only to find out that he is a wanted bandit, forced to return to Lucknow after Ali is killed by local police.

Umrao relocates to Kanpur where she establishes herself as a poet and tawaif, but is hunted down by kotha keepers, Gohar Mirza and Husseini and brought back. Some time later, she meets the Begum from Kanpur again in Lucknow and discovers that she is actually Ram Dai. She is imprisoned with another girl, Ram Dai, but the two are separated when Dilawar Khan takes her to Lucknow. By a strange twist of fate Ram Dai was sold to the mother of Nawab Sultan. Ram Dai and Nawab Sultan are now married. British forces lay siege to [[Lucknow]] and the residents evacuate the city. Umrao's party of refugees stops in a small village, which Umrao recognizes as [[Faizabad]]. The residents fail to recognize her, however, and ask her to dance for their pleasure.

Afterwards, she reunites with her family, who believe her to be dead. Her mother is happy to welcome Umrao back, but her brother forbids it and threatens her. He thought her being a tawaif was a disgrace, and thought she was better off dead, ordering her to leave. Devastated, Umrao Jaan returns to Lucknow once the mutiny is over, and finds the kotha looted and deserted.

==Cast==
((div col begin))
* [[Rekha]] as Amiran/Umrao Jaan
** Seema Sathyu and Umme Farwa as young Amiran
* [[Farooq Shaikh]] as Nawab Sultan
* [[Naseeruddin Shah]] as Gohar Mirza
* [[Raj Babbar]] as Faiz Ali
* Ishtiaque Khan as Khan Ghilzai
* [[Gajanan Jagirdar]] as Maulvi Saheb
* [[Shaukat Kaifi]] as Khanum Jaan
* [[Dina Pathak]] as Husseini
* [[Prema Narayan]] as Bismillah Jaan
* [[Bharat Bhushan Bhalla]] as Khan Saheb
* [[Mukri]] as Parnan Aziz
* [[Satish Shah]] as Daroga Dilawar
((div col end))

==Crew==
* Art Direction: [[Muzaffar Ali]], Bansi Chandragupta, Manzoor
* Choreography: [[Gopi Krishna (dancer)|Gopi Krishna]] for the song "Dil Cheez Kya Hai", [[Kumudini Lakhia]]<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083248/fullcredits Cast and crew] ''[[IMDb]]''.</ref>
* Costume Design: [[Subhashini Ali]]

==Release and reception==
According to author Anitaa Padhye's ''Ten Classics (English)'', ''Umrao Jaan'' was released theatrically on 2 January 1981.<ref>((cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VM0DEAAAQBAJ |title=Ten Classics |last=Padhye |first=Anitaa |date=2020 |publisher=Manjul Publishing |page=313 |isbn=978-93-89647-82-2 ))</ref>

[[Rekha]] was widely praised for her acting, and she was awarded the National Award for her portrayal of the central character.<ref name=":0">((Cite news|last=A.k|first=Arun|date=24 June 2021|title=What made 'Umrao Jaan' iconic|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/what-made-umrao-jaan-iconic/article34951380.ece|access-date=5 August 2021|issn=0971-751X))</ref> But the box office returns were just average.<ref>[http://www.boxofficeindia.com/topactresses.htm Umrao Jaan] topactresses, boxofficeindia</ref> The supporting characters were played by [[Naseeruddin Shah]], [[Farooq Shaikh]], [[Raj Babbar]] and [[Bharat Bhushan Bhalla|Bharat Bhushan]]. Critics responded favourably to the carefully done historical setting.

The soundtrack was composed by [[Mohammed Zahur Khayyam|Khayyam]] and the lyrics were penned by [[Akhlaq Mohammed Khan ‘Shahryar’|Shahryar]]. Several songs from the film, sung by [[Asha Bhosle]], are considered classics of [[filmi]] music: "Dil Cheez Kya Hai", "Justuju Jiski Thi", "[[In Ankhon Ki Masti Ke]]", and "Yeh Kya Jagah Hai Doston". Today, ''Umrao Jaan'' is considered at par with other cult classics such as ''[[Pakeezah]]'' (1972) and is widely acclaimed as one of India's great cinematic magnum opuses.<ref name=":0" />

==Soundtrack==
The music of the film was composed by [[Mohammed Zahur Khayyam|Khayyam]], while the lyrics were penned by [[Akhlaq Mohammed Khan|Shahryar]].

((Track listing
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| title1 = Dil Cheez Kya Hai 
| extra1 = [[Asha Bhosle]]
| lyrics1 = [[Akhlaq Mohammed Khan|Shahryar]]
| length1 = 6:06
| title2 = [[In Ankhon Ki Masti Ke]]
| extra2 = Asha Bhosle
| lyrics2 = Shahryar
| length2 = 5:42
| title3 = Jab Bhi Milti Hai
| extra3 = Asha Bhosle
| lyrics3 = Shahryar
| length3 = 1:28
| title4 = Jhoola Kinne Dala
| extra4 = [[Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan]], Shahida Khan Nizami
| lyrics4 = Shahryar
| length4 = 2:31
| title5 = Justuju Jiski Thi
| extra5 = Asha Bhosle
| lyrics5 = Shahryar
| length5 = 4:37
| title6 = Kahe Ko Byahi Bides
| extra6 = [[Jagjit Kaur]]
| lyrics6 = [[Amir Khusrow]]<ref>((cite book|author=Pankaj Rag|author-link=Pankaj Rag|title=Dhuno Ki Yatra|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AcP5HPRDgewC&pg=PA345|date=2006|publisher=[[Rajkamal Prakashan]]|isbn=978-81-267-1169-7|page=345))</ref>
| length6 = 4:52
| title7 = Raagmala
| extra7 = Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan, Runa Prasad, Shahida Khan
| lyrics7 = Shahryar
| length7 = 5:22
| title8 = Yeh Kya Jagah Hai Doston
| extra8 = Asha Bhosle
| lyrics8 = Shahryar
| length8 = 6:07
| title9 = Zindagi Jab Bhi
| extra9 = [[Talat Aziz]]
| lyrics9 = Shahryar
| length9 = 4:51
| title10 = Pratham Dhar Dhyan
| extra10 = Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan
| lyrics10 = 
| length10 = 
))

== Accolades ==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|-
! scope="col" | Award
! scope="col" | Category
! scope="col" | Recipient(s) and nominee(s)
! scope="col" | Result
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | ((Abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)))
|-
! rowspan="4" scope="row" |[[29th National Film Awards]]
|[[National Film Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
|[[Rekha]]
|((won))
| rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="29thawardPDF">((cite web|title=29th National Film Awards|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/29th_nff_1982.pdf|access-date=31 October 2020|publisher=[[Directorate of Film Festivals]]|language=en))</ref>
|-
|[[National Film Award for Best Music Direction|Best Music Direction]]
|[[Mohammed Zahur Khayyam]]
|((won))
|-
|[[National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer|Best Female Playback Singer]]
|[[Asha Bhosle]] for "Dil Cheez Kya Hai"
|((won))
|-
|[[National Film Award for Best Production Design|Best Art Direction]]
|Manzur
|((won))
|-
! rowspan="3" scope="row" |[[29th Filmfare Awards]]
|[[Filmfare Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
|[[Muzaffar Ali]]
|((won))
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;" |<ref>((cite web|year=2006|title=Filmfare Nominees and Winners|url=http://deep750.googlepages.com/FilmfareAwards.pdf|access-date=31 October 2020|publisher=[[The Times Group]]))</ref>
|-
|[[Filmfare Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
|((sort|Rekha|Rekha))
|((nom))
|-
|[[Filmfare Award for Best Music Director|Best Music Director]]
|((sort|Khayyam|Mohammed Zahur Khayyam))
|((won))
|}

==Musical==
[[Salim–Sulaiman]] adapted the film into a [[musical play]], ''Umrao Jaan Ada - The Musical'', in 2019. The theatrical adaptation was directed by Rajeev Goswami with [[Pratibha Baghel]] in the titular role of the tawaif.<ref>((cite web|last1=Khan|first1=Murtaza Ali|date=8 August 2019|title=The aroma of Awadh|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/theatre/the-aroma-of-awadh/article28903800.ece|website=[[The Hindu]]|language=en-IN))</ref>

==References==
((Reflist))

==External links==
*((IMDb title | id=0083248 | title=Umrao Jaan ))

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[[Category:Films featuring a Best Actress National Award-winning performance]]
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[[Category:Indian epic films]]
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[[Category:Films with screenplays by Shama Zaidi]]
[[Category:Films directed by Muzaffar Ali]]
[[Category:Films set in Lucknow]]
[[Category:Films based on Indian novels]]
[[Category:Films about courtesans in India]]
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