Shahid Alam and I go back a long way, though we had both half-forgotten it until recently. He was two years senior to me at ...

Unlike other famous courtesans of Hindi cinema and literature, Umrao Jan’s story has been revisited time and again over the ...

The allure of Umrao Jaan is not just in its characters’ recitals; the film embodies poetry in its form. It is no wonder then, ...