Action ·Drama ·History · India · 2017 · 2h 8m

Begum Jaan

बेगम जान

Begum Jaan poster
Director
Srijit Mukherji
Cast
Vidya Balan as Begum Jaan Naseeruddin Shah as Rajaji Pallavi Sharda as Gulabo Gauahar Khan as Rubina Ila Arun as Amma Priyanka Setia as
Crew
Gopi Bhagat — Director of Photography Monisha R Baldawa — Editor Anu Malik — Original Music Composer Indraadip Dasgupta — Original Music Composer Khayyam — Original Music Composer Niranjan Iyengar — Screenplay
Tagline

My Body. My House. My Country. My Rules.

Synopsis

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.

Trailer Begum Jaan — Official Trailer
Official Trailer youtube.com
Mood & Themes
brothelborderprostitutionperiod dramacolonial indiaindia pakistan border
Key Collaborators
Srijit Mukherji Director Gopi Bhagat Director of Photography Monisha R Baldawa Editor Anu Malik Original Music Composer Indraadip Dasgupta Original Music Composer Khayyam Original Music Composer Niranjan Iyengar Screenplay Kausar Munir Screenplay Abanindranath Tagore Novel Srijit Mukherji Story Mukesh Bhatt Producer Vishesh Bhatt Producer
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