Historically, a tawaif was a courtesan who catered to the Muslim nobility of South Asia, particularly during the Mughal era. A courtesan in mid-16th century usage referred to a mistress or trained artisan of dance and singing especially one associated with wealthy powerful or upper-class A Muslim (مسلم pronounced Muslim, not Muzlim) is an adherent of the Religion They were skilled singers (North Indian classical music), dancers (usually Kathak), and poets (Urdu poetry). Geography Northern India lies mainly on continental India and a very small part of it lies on the Indian peninsula Dance (from French danser, perhaps from Frankish) is an Art form that generally refers to movement of the body usually rhythmic See Kāṭhaka for the Vedic school Kathak ( Hindi: कथक Urdu: کتھک) is a classical dance Urdu poetry ( Urdu: اردو شاعری, Urdu Shayari) is one of the most dominant and prominent poetries of times and has many different colours & types They were generally highly educated and refined. High-class tawaifs could often pick and choose between the best of their suitors.
The tawaif is celebrated in the Bollywood films, having given its name to Tawaif (film) (1985), Pakeezah (1972), Umrao Jaan (1981), Devdas (2002), and Umrao Jaan (2006 film) (2006), remake of the 1981 original version. Bollywood (बॉलीवूड بالی وڈ is the informal term popularly used for the Mumbai -based Hindi-language Film industry in India Pakeezah ( Hindi: पाक़ीज़ा Urdu: پاکیزہ، lit This article is about the 1981 film directed by Muzaffar Ali. Devdas (দেবদাস Debdash; Hindi: देवदास Devdās) (also called Debdas) (1917 is a Bengali This article is about the 2006 film directed by JP Dutta. For the 1981 film with the same title and subject directed by Muzaffar Ali Today, the term in Urdu has undergone semantic pejoration
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