A period of tremendous churn when thousands were displaced and forced to pick sides, this film focuses on the fate of a brothel that happens to fall bang in the middle of the determined border - so precisely that the inevitable Partition would cut it down the middle like an equally divided pie chart. Evidently, this is not an easy one to digest and suddenly, waking up next to a severed horse head seems less horrifying.īegum Jaan is set in a time when a newly-independent India was in the process of distinguishing itself from the neighbouring country.

The Raja eventually voices his curiosity, “Tumhare gale mein kya atka hain?” “Sheru ka baal,” she says of her beloved canine pet who had been mercilessly butchered and sneakily served in her meal as a threatening message of sorts. Coughing constantly and visibly shaken, her incoherent speech is laced with expletives. Siddharth believes that I do have a violent streak.In a scene from this film, the eponymous lead - a cynical owner of a brothel - rocks emphatically on her chair while conveying her grouse to the raja ( Naseeruddin Shah). But it was fun, once you break the limits, it was a lot of fun. The actress added: 'The long and short of it is that he came to me with ‘Begum Jaan'.But to actually give vent to that kind of anger, aggression, wasn't easy. We were promoting ‘Hamari Adhuri Kahani' so, I told him that I wanted to give an expression to my anger, I have a lot of anger.' She said, 'I wanted to unleash that part of me and all it took was a conversation with Bhatt saab on a flight. Vidya had commented about the kind of anger she shows in the film. The character and dialogues of 'Begum Jaan' are so strong and with so much of attitude that I just couldn't stop myself from doing this film.' And when this film came to me, I was so excited that I thought to start shooting for the film on that day itself. Vidya had said about the movie, 'Every time I make an attempt to present new and unusual stories for the audience. Scheduled to release on April 14, it is directed by Srijit Mukherji and produced by Vishesh Films and Play Entertainment.

The movie also features Gauahar Khan, Ila Arun, Pallavi Sharda, Chunky Pandey, Flora Saini, Raviza Chauhan, Poonam Rajput and Naseeruddin Shah. The power house actress looked lovely in a traditional saree and gold jewellery.īegum Jaan is an adaptation of Bengali film Rajkahini. Vidya Balan is seen here promoting her soon to be released movie Begum Jaan in Kolkata.

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