Regarded as the Mother India of Rekha’s career, the character of the Lucknowi courtesan whose adventurous life is defined and ...

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In 1981, Rekha immortalized herself playing the enigmatic enchanting Lucknowi 19 th century courtesan Umrao Jaan Adaa who danced into a poetic doom. When Umrao Jaan was on the verge of being ...