UMRAO JAAN

Sanjay Leela Bhansali's new web series Heeramandi explores the lives of six courtesans in pre-independence India

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Courtesans and their mostly tragic lives have been a favourite screen subject - here's a roundup

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Umrao Jaan

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Umrao Jaan

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Chandramukhi

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Chandramukhi

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Sahibjaan

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Anarkali

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Zohra Bai

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Bahaar Begum

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UMRAO JAAN

AND OTHER SCREEN COURTESANS

Sanjay Leela Bhansali's new web series Heeramandi explores the lives of six courtesans in pre-independence India

Courtesans and their mostly tragic lives have been a favourite screen subject - here's a roundup

Umrao Jaan

This Lucknawi tawaif appeared in a 1905 novel and was brought to life by Rekha in the eponymous 1981 film

Umrao Jaan

Arguably the most famous screen courtesan, she was played again by Aishwarya Rai Bachchan in 2006

Chandramukhi

The classic novel Devdas has had many iterations on screen – Vyjayanthimala starred in the 1955 version

Chandramukhi

Sanjay Leela Bhansali's version cast Madhuri Dixit in the role of the courtesan who can never win the hero's heart

Sahibjaan

Meena Kumari's swan song was Pakeezah's fascinating and fragile courtesan who eventually gets a rare happy ending

Anarkali

Madhubala brings her to dazzling life in Mughal-e-Azam - unlike Pakeezah, there's no ever-after

Zohra Bai

Rekha kills herself in Muqaddar Ka Sikandar, dying in the arms of the man she loved unrequitedly

Bahaar Begum

Madhuri Dixit's illegitimate son plans revenge on her and others in pre-independence India

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UMRAO JAAN

AND OTHER SCREEN COURTESANS

Sanjay Leela Bhansali's new web series Heeramandi explores the lives of six courtesans in pre-independence India

Courtesans and their mostly tragic lives have been a favourite screen subject - here's a roundup

Umrao Jaan

This Lucknawi tawaif appeared in a 1905 novel and was brought to life by Rekha in the eponymous 1981 film

Umrao Jaan

Arguably the most famous screen courtesan, she was played again by Aishwarya Rai Bachchan in 2006

Chandramukhi

The classic novel Devdas has had many iterations on screen – Vyjayanthimala starred in the 1955 version

Chandramukhi

Sanjay Leela Bhansali's version cast Madhuri Dixit in the role of the courtesan who can never win the hero's heart

Sahibjaan

Meena Kumari's swan song was Pakeezah's fascinating and fragile courtesan who eventually gets a rare happy ending

Anarkali

Madhubala brings her to dazzling life in Mughal-e-Azam - unlike Pakeezah, there's no ever-after

Zohra Bai

Rekha kills herself in Muqaddar Ka Sikandar, dying in the arms of the man she loved unrequitedly

Bahaar Begum

Madhuri Dixit's illegitimate son plans revenge on her and others in pre-independence India

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