umrao jaan ada be a much await movie for all of u . especially for young generation to re feel the magic woven in a novel in 1905. but it be big let down with lack lustrous performance by everybody be it the director and dialog writer and music director and lyricist or a a matter of fact the protagonist herself . the screenplay have it own flaw be fast at those scene which require to be handle with sensitivity and be slow at scene which be deliberately screech to monotonous dialog . the save grace be glimpse of abhishek bachchan which unfortunately leave viewer in lurch to ask for more of his screen space . the length of the movie be too much . viewer get bore with same kind of costume and same kind of lyric . all the song sound similar . ( something not expectedout of javed akhtar and anu malik ) i would however not like to compare the movie with the 1981 muzaffar ali creation . a it would be an insult to the original magic spell by the pioneer like muzaffar ali and rekha .