The role of Khanum Jaan portrayed by Shaukat Kaifi in this film was played by her daughter Shabana Azmi in the 2006 film of the same title.Two other Hindi films have also been based on the same novel - "Mehndi" (1958) and "Umrao Jaan" (2006). This film was based on the novel "Umrao Jaan Ada" (1904) by Mirza Hadi Ruswa.She ended up winning the National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer for this film. Asha Bhosle was sceptical to start with but was very happy when she heard the end result. A lot of credit for her success in this film is attributed to music director Khayyam who asked Asha Bhosle to sing the songs at a scale lower than her normal.
This film helped singer Asha Bhosle take her career to a new high.If this change had not happened, it would have been Lata Mangeshkar singing for Rekha in this film, not Asha Bhosle. It was then that Muzaffar Ali brought Khayyam on board. In fact, Jaidev had already composed a few songs for the film, when differences, ostensibly money-related, developed between the two. Director Muzaffar Ali had initially engaged Jaidev to compose the music for this film.
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