Kangna
Ranaut
Kangna
Ranaut
swaps
her
Jimmy
Choos
for
ghungroos
in
her
upcoming
act
in
Vishwas
Patil's
film,
'Rajjo'.
The
actress,
who
trained
in
Kathak
for
three
years,
will
be
seen
dancing
the
mujra
to
choreographer
Ganesh
Acharya's
moves.
Madhuri
Dixit
Madhuri
Dixit
is
among
the
top
actress-dancers
of
Bollywood
in
recent
times.
She
played
a
courtesan
as
Chandramukhi
in
the
2002
‘Devdas'
remake.
Her
performance
in
the
song
‘Maar
Dala'
became
hugely
popular
that
year.
She
was
also
seen
in
a
similar
avatar
for
the
song
‘Apne
Karar
Mein'
in
Dedh
Ishqiya.
Kareena
Kapoor
The
age
of
modern
mujras
-
and
the
churidars
are
replaced
with
shararas.
Kareena
Kapoor
brought
in
this
change
with
‘Dil
Mera
Muft
Ka'
in
‘Agent
Vinod'
(2012).
The
beats
sound
nothing
like
those
of
the
languid
sarods
and
upbeat
tablas
of
the
original
mujras.
But,
Kareena
is
Kareena
-
and
like
everything
else
she
does,
she
pulled
it
off
like
a
star.
Preity
Zinta
In
Mr
and
Mrs
Khanna
as
Haseena
Jaan
performed
a
mujra
on
the
tunes
of
Happening.
Aishwarya
Rai
Aishwarya
Rai
comes
off
a
poor
second
next
to
Rekha
in
the
‘Umrao
Jaan' remake,
but
she
too
is
quite
good
as
a
tragic
‘tawaif'.
‘Salaam'
was
a
beautiful
number
that
Aishwarya
will
best
be
remembered
for
from
the
movie.
Besides,
her
performance
in
the
song
from
‘Bunty
Aur
Babli'
-
‘Kajra
Re',
a
quite
upbeat
twist
to
the
classic
Mujra,
went
through
the
roof
when
it
was
released.
Mahie
Gill
One
of
Bollywood's
dark
horses,
Mahie
looked
like
a
million
dollars
in
‘Ranaji'
from
the
movie
‘Gulaal'
(2009).
It
is
not
technically
a
Mujra
in
the
purest
form,
as
it
has
a
lot
of
socio-political
overtones
-
unlike
the
former,
which
deals
with
more
romantic
themes.
But
you
have
to
hand
it
to
Mahie;
she
rocked
the
song
-
politics
and
all.
Rani
Mukherji
Remember
this
Bong
beauty
in
‘Mangal
Pandey:
The
Rising'?
She
played
a
prostitute
who
falls
in
love
with
the
protagonist.
The
Mujra
of
that
film
was
called
‘Main
Vari
Vari'.
Rani
looked
resplendent
in
her
pink
and
gold
regalia
as
the
chief
courtesan
-
and
made
the
most
of
her
small
role
in
the
movie.
Sushmita
Sen
Sushmita
Sen
had
a
small
role
in
‘Kisna:
The
Warrior
Poet'
(2005)
-
and
as
the
courtesan
Naima
Begum,
danced
to
the
much
forgettable
number
‘Chilman
Uthegi
Nahi'.
Although
she
looked
beautiful
and
danced
gracefully,
the
performance
was
a
marker
of
how
the
subtleties
of
the
dance
form
is
now
near
to
being
lost
in
Bollywood.
Tabu
Proving
to
be
an
unexpected
treat,
Tabu
was
quite
convincing
as
the
mujra
dancer
clad
in
gold
in
‘Dil
Ka
Kya
Karein
Sahib'
from
‘Jeet'.
Rekha
Rekha
is
another
yesteryear
Mujra
queen
who
can
give
any
present-day
actress
a
run
for
her
money.
She
was
scintillating
in
‘Umrao
Jaan'
(1981)
-
her
most
memorable
Mujra
performances
being
‘In
Aakhon
Ki
Masti'
and
‘Dil
Cheez
Kya
Hai'.
Another
jewel
of
hers
is
‘Salaam-e-Ishq'
from
‘Muqaddar
Ka
Sikandar'.
Meena
Kumari
The
original
Mujra
queen,
Meena
Kumari
swayed
the
audiences
with
her
dances
in
‘Chalte
Chalte',
‘Inhi
Logon
Ne'
and
‘Thare
Rahiyo'
-
all
from
the
classic
hit
‘Pakeezah'.
One
of
Meena
Kumari's
last
films,
she
received
a
posthumous
Filmfare
nomination
for
her
beautiful
portrayal
of
a
tragic
courtesan.
Madhubala
One
of
the
most
beautiful
actresses
of
yesteryears,
Madhubala
dazzled
as
Anarkali
in
the
period
epic
movie
‘Mughal-e-Azam'
-
and
‘Pyar
Kiya
To
Darna
Kya'
has
become
the
stuff
of
pop
culture.
She
was
not
a
trained
dancer
like
most
of
her
contemporaries,
but
she
pulled
off
the
hit
Mujra
number
with
élan.
Vyjayanthimala
The
original
Chandramukhi
in
the
1955
‘Devdas',
Vyjayanthimala
was
an
accomplished
Bharatnatyam
dancer
to
begin
with.
Hence,
her
performance
in
‘Ab
Aage
Teri
Marzi'
did
not
come
as
a
tough
task
-
and
she
looked
like
she
knew
her
moves
alright.