‘I am not worthy…’, Rekha received the National Award for ‘Umrao Jaan’, Smita Patil was the first choice of the makers.

Umrao jaan Completed 45 years: Bollywood’s evergreen actress Rekha has worked in many films in her career. He is still known for his memorable films. In such a situation, among his memorable films is the cult classic film ‘Umrao Jaan’, whose release completes 45 years today. The actress received her first National Award for this film. But do you know that before Rekha, Smita Patil was the first choice of the makers for this.

Smita Patil was the first choice of ‘Umrao Jaan’

Rekha’s film ‘Umrao Jaan’ was released on January 2, 1981. Its director and producer was Muzaffar Ali. According to the Facebook page of Kissa TV, when Muzaffar Ali Umrao Jaan was planning to make this film, the image of the heroine was already fixed in his mind. He was looking for a heroine who would fit the roles of both a poetess and a courtesan. At one time, he had finalized Smita Patil for this role, but one day when he saw Rekha’s picture, he saw two qualities which he wanted in the heroine of his film.

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When Rekha received the National Award…

Rekha received the National Award for the film ‘Umrao Jaan’. After receiving this award, he said that he does not feel that he had done any special hard work to get the award. In 1986, Rekha had said in a conversation with BBC Asian Unit that she had never taken any training for ‘Umrao Jaan’. She knows that it will be difficult for people to believe this. But he did not learn word-to-word Urdu for that film. Rekha said that he should not say this. But even today they face problems between Ki and Ka. The actress also confessed that she does not feel that she did not do any special hard work for ‘Umrao Jaan’, for which she wanted a National Award.

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Rekha was in pain during the shooting of ‘Umrao Jaan’

Not only this, Rekha had told that when ‘Umrao Jaan’ was shot, she was facing a lot of difficulties in her personal life. The effect of those difficulties is also visible on his face in the film. They felt that there was something different in Umrao Jaan. That’s why that film was made. He feels that perhaps it was destiny that the film ‘Umrao Jaan’ should be made. Rekha told that Muzaffar Ali is a very good painter. Therefore his detailing regarding colors, clothes, textures and background was exceptional. Rekha believes that her detailing has made the film brilliant.

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