Begum Jaan is a 2017 Indian Hindi period drama film. It is written and directed by National Film Award-winning director Srijit Mukherji and produced by Mukesh Bhatt, Vishesh Bhatt and Play Entertainment. The film is co-produced by Sakshi Bhatt and Shree Venkatesh Films with executive producer Kumkum Saigal. The cinematography is done by Gopi Bhagat. Lyrics, additional screenplay and dialogues have been penned by Kausar Munir and Rahat Indori.
The film was released on April 14, 2017. Vidya Balan plays the lead role of a brothel's madam, set in the backdrop of late Indian Independence period of 1948. It is a Hindi remake of the Bengali film Rajkahini (2015).
The film was released on April 14, 2017. Vidya Balan plays the lead role of a brothel's madam, set in the backdrop of late Indian Independence period of 1948. It is a Hindi remake of the Bengali film Rajkahini (2015).
Cast
- Vidya Balan as Begum Jaan
- Ila Arun as Amma
- Gauahar Khan as Rubina
- Pallavi Sharda as Gulabo
- Priyanka Setia as Jameela
- Ridheema Tiwary as Amba
- Flora Saini as Maina
- Raviza Chauhan as Lata
- Poonam Rajput as Rani
- Mishti (Indrani Chakraborty)as Shabnam
- Gracy Goswami as Laadli
- Pitobash Tripathy as Surjeet
- Sumit Nijhawan as Salim Mirza
- Ashish Vidyarthi as Harshvardhan
- Chunky Pandey as Kabir
- Rajit Kapoor as Ilias
- Vivek Mushran as Master
- Rajesh Sharma as Shyam
- Naseeruddin Shah as Rajaji
- Ashok Dhanuka as Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
- Sanjay Gurubaxani as Jawaharlal Nehru
- Dicky Banerjee as Muhammad Ali Jinnah
- Patrick Eyre as Louis Mountbatten
- Steve Burroughs as Hastings Ismay
- Raja Biswas as Cyril Radcliffe
Production
Filming and development
This film is the remake of a Bengali film Rajkahini which was released in 2016. Principal photography of the film began in June 2016 and was completed in August 2016 in Ranishwar block of Dumka district in Jharkhand.
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