Woven in Memory: Muzaffar Ali’s Textile Tapestry in Umrao Jaan

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With the rerelease classic Umrao Jaan back in theaters on June 27, director Muzaffar Ali brought to light a lesserknown but extremely evocative aspect of the film—its employment of traditional fabrics as a language of storytelling. In a prererelease interview, Ali made it a point to stress...