6 posts tagged Umrao Jaan

Theatre is my first love: Himani Shivpuri April 18th, 2008 - 10:02 am ICT by admin - Email This Post By Shweta Sharma New Delhi, April 18 (IANS) She rose to popularity as "Devki bhojai" of the hit Doordarshan series "Humrahi" in the early 1990s and since then has been active in films and television, but Himani Shivpuri says that theatre is her first love.

How wonderful is this song?! Part 3 of 5 of Asha Bhosle Week on my blog this week, leading up to her concert on Friday. Today's featured song is the evergreen Dil Cheez Kya Hai from the movie Umrao Jaan (1981) which stars Rekha, Naseeruddin Shah, Raj Babbar and Farooq Shaikh.

In every civilized society which cares for individual sentiments there is some law for protection of certain heritage sites and buildings since these are considered to be the collective property of the humanity and there is a recognition of the fact that every one has a right to share the unspoilt beauty of an architectural monument or a natural formation in an unaltered fashion.

Rashmi, Payal and Surina dancing at UNC Chapel Hill’s Sangam Nite ShareThis

Shiney Ahuja is keeping his fingers crossed. The immensely talented actor hopes his performance in Sudhir Mishra’s ‘Khoya Khoya Chand’ will fetch him critical acclaim like it did in ‘Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi’.

So, the first two of the great Indian re-makes have hit the screen – Don and Umrao Jaan. As a student of cinema, I decided to watch both of them. As advised by many, I decided to watch them for their own sake, and not as a re-make of a classic. This was easier with Umrao Jaan as compared with Don.