Music of Guru - A Maniratnam film ! Composer : A.R.Rahman

Just started listening to the album I have been waiting for quite some time. You can just feel the song - to the every word of it. HAIL ARR !

Umrao Jaan - Gosh, why did they make it !

Umrao (Aishwarya) who has been liked as a lady only in a single way of beauty. Nawab Sultan (Abhishek) makes it to the brothel and they both fall in love. The love falls due to various misconceptions.

The saga of a courtesan retold again doesn't seem to be worth the way it has been told. The movies goes ahead with a snail pace, so much so that you plead for a break to recharge yourselves for the worst ahead just after just 20 minutes.

The story lacks pain from the way Umrao has been depicted. Aishwarya Rai doesn't have the capabilities of an actress required to play Umrao. Even though she cries when her love goes away, shouts when her love disowns her, there is one thing lacking - seriously - : The pain is not visible on the screen. With the beauty she carries, had she put in a little more effort, the movie could have been a lot lot better.

JP Dutta's screen play is bad with little for the watcher to guess ahead. Agreed the story has been told before, but to attach the movie to the audience today, it should have been a bit more fast and the screenplay a bit more tight.

In any movie based in a different period, the music plays a very significant role. The music doesn't seem to be fitting into the 19th century period. Anu Malik could have been better.
The only saving grace of the moving is Abhishek with his little cameo. Though his role is very limited, he gets the aura of a Nawab to the role which is very very required. Shabani Azmi does her best as the owner of the brothel.

You need not watch the movie even if someone pays your ticket. In fact this Umaro Jaan, mite not leave you with any Jaan once its over.