- A
tawaif was a
highly successful courtesan singer‚ dancer‚ and poet who
catered to the
nobility of the
Indian subcontinent,
particularly during the Mughal...
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Tawaif is a 1985
Indian drama movie. It was
produced by R. C.
Kumar and
directed by B. R. Chopra. It
stars Rishi Kapoor, Rati Agnihotri,
Poonam Dhillon...
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story of a
tawaif and poet by the same name from 19th
century Lucknow, as
recounted by her to the author.
According to the novel, a
tawaif and poet Umrao...
- Pati
Patni Aur
Tawaif (transl. Husband, Wife and prostitute) is a 1990
Indian Hindi-language film
directed by
Rajkumar Kohli,
starring Mithun Chakraborty...
- and
Bollywood films:
tawaif Sahibjaan in Pakeezah,
tawaif Umrao Jaan in the Urdu
novel Umrao Jaan Ada and its adaptations,
tawaif Chandramukhi in Devdas...
- the 1905 Urdu
novel Umrao Jaan Ada, the film
tells the
story of a
Lucknow tawaif and poet, and her rise to fame. Upon release,
Umrao Jaan
received widespread...
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roles in the cult-tragedy film Ek
Duuje Ke Liye (1981) and the
drama film
Tawaif (1985)
earned her two
nominations for the
Filmfare Award for Best Actress...
- Mosque. Heeramandi,
originally a song and
dance community rooted in the
tawaif culture during the
Mughal period,
first evolved into a
hotspot for prostitution...
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Tamacha (1988),
Lashkar (1989),
Bahaar Aane Tak (1990), Pati
Patni Aur
Tawaif (1990) and
Gunaah (1993). In 1995, he
acted in his last
films Saajan Ki...
- and
directed by
Sanjay Leela Bhansali. The
series is
about the
lives of
tawaifs in the red-light
district of
Heera Mandi in La****
during the
Indian independence...
