Umrao Jaan

Aishwarya Rai movie poster of the Bollywood film, Umrao Jaan (2006) for sale.

This is an actual surviving Bollywood poster of the 2006 Hindi film that featured former Miss World Aishwarya Rai in the lead role as the famous courtesan Umrao Jaan. Directed by J.P. Dutta, Umrao Jaan also featured Abhishek Bachchan, Shabana Azmi, Sunil Shetty, Divya Dutta, Himani Shivpuri and Kulbhushan Kharbanda in supporting roles.

Printed and circulated during the first release of the film (somewhere in 2006), this Aishwarya Rai movie poster was originally designed for publicity of the film but never ended up being used.

This stunning Umrao Jaan poster is one of the best Bollywood posters designed. Aishwarya Rai is seen prominently in a large close up still photo dressed in her finest best. The background of this Bollywood poster matches the color of Aishwarya Rai’s eyes and her dress, giving it a stunning contrast.

The typography used in the title of this Bollywood cinema poster is a very stylized English font that resembles Urdu. A beautiful white motif border is seen all around this Aishwarya Rai poster.

Umrao Jaan is an award winning classic Hindi film that was originally made in 1981 based on the Urdu novel Umrao Jaan Ada that tells the story of a famous courtesan. The 1981 film starred actress Rekha and Farooq Shaikh in lead roles.

Following the stellar success of the original film, this remake was released in 2006 starring Aishwarya Rai as Umrao Jaan.