May 7, 2024, 01:16 PM IST
6 best portrayals of tawaifs in Bollywood before Heeramandi
Abhimanyu Mathur
Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Heeramandi has brought tawaifs (courtesans) back to the screens
Over the years, Indian shows and films have featured many portrayals of courtesans
And while reactions to Heeramandi have been mixed, many others have been praised
Pakeezah presented a more realistic unfiltered view of a courtesan's life with a memorale performance from Meena Kumari
Rekha in Umrao Jaan is often cited as the definitive example of how to tell the tragic tales of tawaifs
Neena Gupta gave a heartwrenching performance as a lonely courtesan in Gulzar's TV show Mirza Ghalib
Many feel that Madhuri Dixit's Chandramukhi in Devdas even surpassed Vyjanthimala's rendition from the 1955 classic
Vidya Balan's realistic depiction of a courtesan troubled by Partition in Begum Jaan was praised
In Mira Nair's Netflix series A Suitable Boy, Tabu won acclaim for a mature take on a tawaif in love
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