Directed by Siddharth P Malhotra, the Hindi film will chronicle their 20-year journey, culminating with the masterpiece, ‘Pakeezah’.

Raaj Kumar, whose real name was Kulbhushan Nath Pandit, had an adventurous and distinctive entry into the performing industry. The renowned actor worked as an IAS Sub-inspector in the Mumbai Police in the late 1940s before breaking into the film industry.

It is said that in her final days, Meena Kumari was financially broke and didn't even have Rs 3500 in her bank account so that the hospital could release her dead body.

Apart from Brahmastra which took 5 years to complete, there are several other Bollywood films which took more than time to wrap up the shoot

While Meena Kumari’s Pakeezah and Rekha’s Umrao Jaan epitomize the cinematic tawaif, here's looking at more such memorable films on the Tawaif.