While the remake deviates little from the old story line, it lacks the fine little flourishes of the 1981 version.Īn young girl from Faizabad is kidnapped by her father's enemy and sold into a Lucknow brothel, where she gets a new life and a new name - Umrao Jaan. Khayyam's captivating music leaves Anu Malik's efforts in the new Umrao Jaan completely in the dust. None of the songs in the remake come anywhere near the magic of songs such as In Aankhon Ki Masti or Di Cheeze Kya Hai in the earlier version of the movie.
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Pedestrian music is a fatal flaw in the new Umrao Jaan. There are plenty of other villains who ought to share in the blame - her co-stars, music director Anu Malik, O.P.Dutta's weak dialogs and not least of all the movie's director J.P.Dutta.Ĭompared to the 1981 version of Umrao Jaan, the remake is a horror show cobbled together by a cast of seeming amateurs.īesides Rekha's solid performance, music was the other major draw of the old Umrao Jaan. As dazzled as we are by this luminous beauty, we are discouraged with her performance in movie after movie.īut to pin the entire blame for the Umrao Jaan fiasco on Ms.Rai's shapely shoulders would be unfair. Except in the scene where Umrao Jaan's lover Nawab Sultan (Abhishek Bachchan) questions her fidelity to him, Aishwarya Rai fails to win us over.įrame after frame, Aishwarya Rai is a disappointment as the courtesan Umrao Jaan. Ms.Rai's passionless performance left us numb and distressed at the never-ending triumph of form over substance in Bollywood.
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In the new Umrao Jaan, Aishwarya Rai is a crass act.
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Rekha was a class act in the old Umrao Jaan. Let's face it upfront - Aishwarya Rai is an appallingly bad actress inflicted upon Bollywood fans with the sole objective of tormenting them. Actors: Aishwarya Rai, Abhishek Bachchan, Shabana Azmi, Suniel Shetty, Puru Raj Kumar, Arshad Warsi