Editing Awadh (section)

===In popular culture===
The events surrounding the 1856 overthrow of Wajid Ali Shah and the annexation of Awadh by the British are depicted in the 1977 film ''[[Shatranj Ke Khilari|The Chess Players]]'' by the acclaimed Indian director [[Satyajit Ray]]. This film is based on famous [[Urdu]] story [[Shatranj Ke Khilari]] by the great Hindi-Urdu novelist writer [[Munshi Premchand]].

The 1961 film ''[[Gunga Jumna]]'' is portrayed in Awadh and was noted for its use of the [[Awadhi language|Awadhi]] dialect in [[Bollywood|mainstream Hindi cinema]].

The novel ''[[Umrao Jaan Ada]]'' as well as the subsequent [[Umrao Jaan (disambiguation)|films]] are based on two cultural cities of Awadh, [[Lucknow]] and [[Faizabad]].

The region has been in the center of various period films of Bollywood and modern films like ''[[Main, Meri Patni Aur Woh]]'' and ''[[Paa (film)|Paa]]'' to name a few. It has also been shot in various songs of [[Bollywood]].