Umrao Jaan (2006 film)

This article is about the 2006 film directed by J. P. Dutta. For the 1981 film, see Umrao Jaan (1981 film).

Umrao Jaan
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJ. P. Dutta
Written byJ.P.Dutta
Screenplay byJ.P. Dutta
O.P. Dutta
Based onUmrao Jaan Ada
by Mirza Hadi Ruswa
Produced byJ. P. Dutta
StarringAishwarya Rai
Abhishek Bachchan
Sunil Shetty
Shabana Azmi
CinematographyAyananka Bose
Edited byJ.P. Dutta
Music byAnu Malik
Distributed byAdlabs[1]
Release date
  • 3 November 2006 (2006-11-03)
Running time
189 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguagesHindi
Urdu
Budget₹15 crore[2]
Box officeest. ₹19.52 crore[3]

Umrao Jaan is a 2006 Indian period musical romantic drama film produced and directed by J. P. Dutta, based on the Urdu novel Umrao Jaan Ada, and is about the famous Tawaif of the title. Aishwarya Rai stars in the lead role along with Abhishek Bachchan, Shabana Azmi, Sunil Shetty, Divya Dutta, Himani Shivpuri and Kulbhushan Kharbanda in supporting roles.

Produced on a budget of ₹150 million,[2] Umrao Jaan was released on 3 November 2006 in 600–700 screens worldwide[4] and grossed ₹195.2 million.[3]

  1. ^ Jha, Subhash K (20 July 2006). "Is Umrao Jaan's future Dhoom-ed?". News18. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Marketing Bollywood: Movie producers exploit media hunger by generating pre-release hype". India Today. 4 September 2006. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Umrao Jaan 2006 Box Office". Box Office India. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  4. ^ "More prints, bigger bucks". The Financial Express. 29 October 2006. Retrieved 17 July 2021.