Muzaffar really Farooq Sheikh is brilliant as the young naïve prince and Nasseeruddin Shah is superb as Gohar Mirza. The performances are subtle except of Khanum Jaan's character. takes us back in time to what the late 1800s may have resembled. In some of the songs we are shown flashes of old elegant paintings, old fashioned settings and what Lucknow may have looked like.
The songs are beautiful and poetry is itself a character in Umrao's life, like a traveling companion. He gracefully shows us Umrao mastering the art of poetry and dance. Ali does not exaggerate with lavish set designs and his adaptation is of a rather lower budget. Muzaffar Ali's adaptation of Mirza Hadi Ruswa's novel remains the most memorable. Though 'Umrao Jaan' has been re-brought to screen just last year.
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