Umrao Jaan: Movie Review
11.04.2006 | Posted at 12:08 pm by premii- Subhash K Jha on the upsides and flipsides of Umrao Jaan - IndiaFM
- For creating an Umrao who stays in our hearts and for giving Aishwarya Rai her fifth memorable role(after Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, Devdas, Chokher Bali and Provoked ) J.P. Dutta must take a bow.
This is a film that does the Movie Moghul and Hindi cinema proud.
- Umrao Jaan - Endless Tragedy of Errors - IndiaGlitz
- I felt totally sapped at the end of this endless saga and I even stopped sympathizing with the miserable misery of the protagonist. Now, how can I ask you to go through the same suffering! Watch Ash in ‘Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam’ (if you wish to feast on her beauty and music) instead.
- Umrao Jaan: Plastic-Beauty-Isn’t-A-Joy-For-Sure!
- Rating: **
- Umrao Jaan Review by Nikhat Kazmi of TOI
- Aishwarya as Umrao? Aha! Now that’s a toughie. Let’s just say, she’s riveting in places, diligent throughout and tries so hard to recreate a lost world of grandeur that your heart almost goes out to her. Specially when somewhere under your breath you keep calling out for Rekha Jaan and her ‘aankhon ki masti’ that mesmerised you, not so long ago.
- Umrao Jaan stumped at the box-office
- J.P. Dutta, the war-film specialist, failed with his courtesan drama of the 19th century. The opening day collections of Umrao Jaan were much below average and the going will get even tougher. Adlabs had released the film world-wide.
- Umrao Jaan lacks the ada
- Though comparing the film with the 1981 magnum opus is not fair, what does one do with a baggage of incredible weight? One simply remembers it again and decides to go back to it once more. For its poetry, beauty, charm and history. One goes back to it for its ada. One wants to return to Umrao Jaan.
- Rating: **
- Umrao Jaan opens to a lukewarm response in city
- Umrao Jaan Ada, it seems, could not cut much ice with the youth of the city, while the middle-aged and elderly couples appreciated the film on its opening day today.
