1981

2h 30m

6.0(19 votes)

Drama

Music

Romance

Overview

Amiran is sold to a brothel by a corrupt cop after her father testifies against him. Many years later, she grows up to be an accomplished poetess and a renowned courtesan, Umrao Jaan.

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Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Rekha

Amiran/Umrao Jaan

Farooq Shaikh

Nawab Sultan

Naseeruddin Shah

Gohar Mirza

Raj Babbar

Faiz Ali

Shaukat Azmi

Khanum Jaan

Prema Narayan

Bismillah

Gajanan Jagirdar

Maulvi

Dina Pathak

Husseini

Rita Rani Kaul

Ramdei

Satish Shah

Creative team

Directed by: Muzaffar Ali
Written by: Shama Zaidi
Javed Siddiqui
Produced by: Muzaffar Ali

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