In this famed courtesan movie, the protagonist Sahibjaan is born to a tawaif, Nargis, who was desperate to escape courtesan life but who was spurned by her lover\u2019s family. Nargis dies in childbirth, and Sahibjaan\u2019s aunt, Nawabjaan, raises Sahibjaan as a tawaif, where she learns to be an excellent and alluring singer and dancer. One night, an unknown poet leaves a poem at Sahibjaan\u2019s feet while she sleeps. She does, eventually, meet him, and, stunned by her beauty and innocence, he renames her \u201cPakeezah\u201d\u2014meaning \u201cpure\u201d\u2014and proposes to elope with her to take her away from courtesan life. But many painful trials await.<\/p>\n
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In this famed courtesan movie, the protagonist Sahibjaan is born to a tawaif, Nargis, who was desperate to escape courtesan life but who was spurned by her lover\u2019s family. Nargis dies in childbirth, and Sahibjaan\u2019s aunt, Nawabjaan, raises Sahibjaan as a tawaif, where she learns to be an excellent and alluring singer and dancer. One Read More …<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[31,56,24,48,49],"class_list":["post-214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-films","tag-courtesan","tag-courtesan-films","tag-dance","tag-primary-source","tag-tawaif"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t