Kirdaar – The Cast<BR><BR><br><p class=clear>&nbsp;</p>Aishwarya Rai as Umrao Jaan<BR><BR><br><p class=clear>&nbsp;</p><p align=center> “Courtesan…Poetess… Temptress …! Friend…Lover…Giver…!<BR><br><p class=clear>&nbsp;</p>Many names……one special woman……Umrao Jaan ! ” </p><BR><BR><br><p class=clear>&nbsp;</p>Umrao Jaan was never destined to be the pride of her family…. She was nine when sold into the flesh trade of Lucknow. Yet with her dance prowess, literary genius, magnetic persona and inimitable style, she went on to become the pride of Lucknow. Strangely, she never asked for it… All she wanted was a life laced with simplicity, but her weighty existence crushed her beyond imagination. For, each time she reached out for happiness, it evaded her like a heartless lover. <BR><BR><br><p class=clear>&nbsp;</p><br><p class=clear>&nbsp;</p>When it came to Umrao Jaan, J P Dutta’s first ever film with a woman as the main protagonist, it was Aishwarya Rai who was destined to play the legendary pathos-laden role. And play the role, she did … with every part of her being.<br><p class=clear>&nbsp;</p>