Begum Jaan
2017, Film, 128 min, Action, Drama, History, Hindi, India, MoviePedia score 61
My Body. My House. My Country. My Rules.
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.
Directed by Srijit Mukherji
Cast
- Amitabh Bachchan as Narrator
- Vidya Balan as Begum Jaan
- Naseeruddin Shah as Rajaji
- Flora Saini as Maina
- Pallavi Sharda as Gulabo
- Ashish Vidyarthi as Harshvardhan
- Pitobash as Surjeet
- Rajesh Sharma as Shyam
- Poonam Rajput as Rani
- Ridhiema Tiwari as Amba
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