Ali, director of the classic Umrao Jaan(1981) gears up for the release of his next,Jaanisaar,a period drama that has been shot on opulent sets.

Fashion entrepreneur Pernia Qureshi debuts opposite Pakistani heartthrob Imran Abbas in this love saga of a revolutionary courtesan of Avadh, Indiaand a prince brought up in England, set a couple of decades after the 1857 national uprising against the British. The lead cast is dressed in beautiful and ostentatious costumes.