‘As a person, she motivated me immensely and is an ideal icon of women empowerment’ — Arpita tells The Telegraph as she preps to play the inimitable Gauhar Jaan Arpita got into the Gauhar Jaan mood ...

I was nine when Umrao Jaan found me — or perhaps, when I found myself in Umrao Jaan. Yeh kya jagah hai, doston (What place is this, dear friends) Those haunting words — set to Khayyam’s aching ...

haan mud tak ley,aaja rakh le mann ve haaye kuchh keh de,kuchh sun le,jaan ve jaan ve,jaan le.haal e dil jaan ve,bol de.haal e dil aaja tere sine mein saans saans pighalu main aaja tere honto se baat ...