Umrao Jaan

Shabana Azmi is superb, especially in the sequence when she insults Abhishek [minutes before the intermission].....But the damage done by the first half [unwanted songs and scenes] creates a major dent, which the second half tries to repair, but cannot.....Kulbhushan Kharbanda and Himani Shivpuri lend good support.....people want to listen to the story and the songs here add to the boredom.....Ideally, the movie should've ended with Umrao walking out of her house and her brother slamming the gates on her fa ... Full Review

It was a wonderful, wonderful film with a very nice message and it was a disaster. Well, I wasnt disheartened even by that, because, at that point of time, Id actually gotten used to this sort of thing, Abhishek laughs. ... Full Review

To begin with, the film is like an ornate canvas sprinkled with colourful art work. But what works against the film is its inordinate length and a certain plastic feel to the milieu. ... Full Review

We cannot question the decision of one of the most beautiful woman of our times, especially after the disastrous outcome of her last venture with Dutta, UMRAO JAAN (2006). While we wish Nidhi all the best, we just wonder, if Abhishek Bachchan (now a star), who worked for a token fee of Rs. ... Full Review

Far from being bogged down by Umrao Jaans box office failure Movie mogul J.P. Dutta might have suffered a serious setback with his lavish costume drama Umrao Jaan. ... Full Review

He does not succumb like the director of Umrao Jaan and let Ash murder the role. Of course a good director helps. ... Full Review

Umrao Jaan" is remarkable for recreating the rhythms of a charming....Rai is capable of.....all gracefully performed by the resplendent Rai, but monotonous for their frequency and genre-specificity.....The film's most memorable sequence is when the kotha's practical and yet emotional madame (Shabana Azmi) packs off her endangered girls.... ... Full Review

The support cast is good enough. Despite this all JP Dutta gives his best. Aishwarya Rai is a very gifted person. ... Full Review

Umrao Jaan is like poetry. Umrao Jaan was the first great Urdu novel and this movie is the greatest insult we can watch to the concept, language and soul of the novel. which I could blame the director for ... Full Review

Upsides and flipsides of Umrao Jaan....Lamentably the choreography restricts the swan-like agility of Rai........Umrao Jaan is remarkable for recreating the rhythms of a charming....Rai is capable of .....The film's most memorable sequence occurs after the kotha's avaricious practical and yet emotional Madame packs off her endangered girls.... ... Full Review