Awadh’s nawabs are history, but the art they patronised is enjoying a 21st century reincarnation, and globalisation of sorts. Surya Agarwal writes. Sanjana Sharma* is a confident young professional ...

on the song Dil Mera Muft Ka, she said, "I just love the dance form. I did not see any other video because I wanted to give my own flavor and twist. I picked a dark blue and silver ethnic dress and ...

To be or not to be. Lucknow Mahotsav and the programmes associated with it continue to amaze and baffle, like the inclusion of a mujra performance in the Mahotsav schedule. To be or not to be. Lucknow ...

4. Aishwarya Rai: When Umrao Jaan was remade in 2006, the whole country was comparing Aishwarya to Rekha. While she may have not been as convincing as Rekha, we can't deny she looked absolutely ...

Here to reinvent a genre of dance that has been long forgotten, Kangna Ranaut who plays a mujrawalli in Vishwas Patil's Rajjo, produced by Four Pillars Entertainment, recently shot for the film's ...

Patronage ensures survival. It is also the route to power. Nobody knows it better than women artists. One of the earliest women Urdu poets, Mah Laqa Bai of Hyderabad, was an adopted daughter of the ...

Bollywood stunner Shilpa Shetty, well known for her dance moves, has disclosed her secret desire to perform 'Mujra' onscreen at least once. Bollywood stunner Shilpa Shetty, well known for her dance ...

After Rekha, if there's an actress who made mujra look stunning, it has to be Madhuri Dixit. Her epic portrayal of Chandramukhi in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Devdas stands out as one of her career-best ...

The last time Hema Malini was in Varanasi it was 30 years ago for the film Sanyasi. This time the actress was in the holy city to shoot a mujra for Pradeep Sarkar's untitled film currently being shot ...

New Delhi: Mujra is a dance form, which originated in the Mugal era and was performed by courtesans.This beautiful dance form has always had a special place in Bollywood films. From Madhubala ...