“Umrao Jaan is an emotional journey” – Aishwarya Rai
11 October 2006 | Actress | No Comments
Umrao Jaan was not an easy performance for Aishwarya Rai, who has essayed the same role which was played by veteran actress Rekha. Aishwarya is all set to surprise the audience through her latest film.
This is an emotional journey that follows an entire arch. It goes through all the possible emotions that being a woman you would understand. This emotional journey can be very demanding and draining but at the same time, it's a catharsis. It was a wonderful experience to get the opportunity to actually go through the arch of emotions. This provided the perfect experience for an actor as I keep repeating myself to get the opportunity to do precisely that. Working with the director like J P Saab has made that process absolutely satisfying, inspiring, challenging and forcing me to deliver possibly my best with every moment on set. …
How did you prepare yourself for Umrao Jaan?
It was a study on set. I'll be very honest as I didn't get the chance because of my crazy schedules. I have learned many things on the set under the guidance of OP Dutta, JP Dutta and off course Javed Saab. They have made my work conveniently smooth and I have to thanks them immensely. As you all know that we tend to speak in English most often and our generation is not smooth in such a beautiful language like Urdu. Though we are not fluent in that language, I thoroughly enjoyed the mouthing of dialogues in this film because I had the opportunity to explore that world and their language. ….read more
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