Begum Jaan

Begum Jaan

128 mins | Drama, Action, History | April 14, 2017

On the eve of Independence, the chairman of the Border Commission, Sir Cyril Radcliffe decides to divide India and Pakistan into equitable halves. What the administration doesn’t account for is the line running through the middle of Begum Jaan’s brothel situated plonk on the border; with one half falling in India and the other in Pakistan.

Begum Jaan

128 mins | Drama, Action, History | April 14, 2017

Begum Jaan
On the eve of Independence, the chairman of the Border Commission, Sir Cyril Radcliffe decides to divide India and Pakistan into equitable halves. What the administration doesn’t account for is the line running through the middle of Begum Jaan’s brothel situated plonk on the border; with one half falling in India and the other in Pakistan.
IMDb rating 5.6
Producers Vishesh Films, SVF Entertainment, Play Entertainment
Original title बेगम जान
Directors Srijit Mukherji
Writers Rahat Indori, Kausar Munir, Srijit Mukherji, Niranjan Iyengar

Cast

Vidya Balan

as Begum Jaan

Naseeruddin Shah

as Rajaji

Ridheema Tiwari

as Amba

Gauahar Khan

as Rubina

Pallavi Sharda

as Gulabo

Mishti Chakravarty

as Shabnam

Ila Arun

as Amma

Flora Saini

as Maina

Vivek Mushran

as Master

Rajesh Sharma

as Shyam

Pitobash

as Surjeet

Sumit Nijhawan

as Salim Mirza

Ashish Vidhyarthi

as Harshvardhan

Chunky Pandey

as Kabir

Rajit Kapoor

as Ilias

Ashok Dhanuka

as Vallabhbhai Patel

Amitabh Bachchan

as Narrator

Raviza Chauhan

as Lata