Rekha and Muzaffar Ali’s Indian Classic ‘Umrao Jaan’ Set for Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea Film Festival Treasures Strand
George Jiglea
Indian director Muzaffar Ali‘s freshly restored 1981 classic “Umrao Jaan” will be shown outside the country for the first time at Saudi Arabia’s upcoming Red Sea International Film Festival, which has unveiled the lineup of its Treasures strand dedicated to six classic international and Arab films. “Umrao Jaan,” starring susperstar Rekha in her Indian National Film Award-winning performance as a courtesan-poetess in 19th-century Lucknow, has been restored by the National Film Development
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