despite be pan and i have hope that this film might be a fulfilling experience . the main problem with umrao jaan be that it insist upon itself . it try hard to be take seriously and ergo and the script seem to be write by an eight grader who have just receive a thesaurus and try to impress his teacher by resort to complex lexis where simple word would do . fact represent j. p dutta version have all the making of a grand tragedy represent the ethereal main lead and her ashenly handsome love interest and haunt song and magnificent set and costume . furthermore and the length of the film be exhaustive . i actually have to get up and move about for a bit in order to shake the cobweb line the inside of my cranium . the song and though melodiously render and be far too many in number and get on one nerve after a while . also dutta have show umrao jaan to be a love story go sour . have read rusva original i can safely say that the broad outlook of the novel be to provide the reader an insight into the life of a courtesan . the love story be just a part of the text and not the novel a a whole . in conclusion and umrao jaan may be aishwarya rai most powerful work till date and another feather in shabana azmi cap but it be vaguely reminiscent of memoir of a geisha sans a true sense of tragedy .