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Begum Jaan
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5.7On 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.
Cast
- Vidya Balan as Begum Jaan
- Naseeruddin Shah as Rajaji
- Pallavi Sharda as Gulabo
- Gauahar Khan as Rubina
- Ila Arun as Amma
- Priyanka Setia
Themes
- brothel
- border
- prostitution
- period drama
- colonial india
- india pakistan border
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- India
- Original language
- Hindi
- Director
- Srijit Mukherji
- Screenwriter
- Srijit Mukherji
- Composer
- Anu Malik
- Producer
- Mahesh Bhatt
- Narrative location
- Punjab
- Duration
- 128
- FilmAffinity ID
- 774507
- Performer
- Anu Malik
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 2017-03-00
- distributed by
- Shree Venkatesh Films
- narrator
- Amitabh Bachchan
- review score
- 4.6/10
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