Begum Jaan

2017 [HINDI]

Action / Drama / History

8
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 69% · 12 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 69% · 50 ratings
IMDb Rating 5.6/10 10 3114 3.1K

brothel border prostitution period drama colonial india india pakistan border

Plot summary

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.

Director

Srijit Mukherji Photo
Srijit Mukherji

Top cast

Rajit Kapoor Photo
Rajit Kapoor as Ilias
Amitabh Bachchan Photo
Amitabh Bachchan as Narrator
Gauhar Khan Photo
Gauhar Khan as Rubina
Ila Arun Photo
Ila Arun as Amma
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1.15 GB
1280*544
Hindi 2.0
NR
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24 fps
2 hr 7 min
Seeds 1
2.36 GB
1920*816
Hindi 5.1
NR
Subtitles us  
24 fps
2 hr 7 min
Seeds 1

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by harinarayanantk 6 / 10

Prodigal waste of talents

A brilliant director , wonderful actors and a theme beyond imagination even then the film was disappointing. With all these advantages the film failed miserably to convey the emotional trauma of of displacement from home. The director has failed to take advantage of the theme , the team and of course the time of the story . Instead of making a film of Oscar dimensions what is churned out is a substandard film . At moments the film appeared dragging as it failed to narrate the human tragedy in its real sense . It failed to translate the human suffering when fate of poor people are decided by the power centers elsewhere and the orders are followed by petty officials clinging to their briefs in total disobedience to the travails of individuals driven out of their homestead resulting in human tragedy of catastrophic dimensions
Reviewed by mukherjeediptendu 7 / 10

The Story is one of the Finest no doubt...Mistakes are corrected from the Original..

This movie is a almost shot by shot remake of the Bengali film Rajkahini by same director and writer. The Bengali movie has many problems as it doesn't holds up to the level as the story wants. This movie was way better than the the original. The director seems to be corrected all the mistakes and gaps and made it a good movie.The acting is very good by every one specially Vidya Balan and all the girls are good. The main problem with the original is that it was not well acted by some of the supporting casts. But this one is and it gives every scene more gravitas.The contract killer character portrayal of Chunky Pandey is not as good as the character portrayal in the original movie by Jisshu Sengupta.This movie is bold as it can be on the screen. It has heavy dialogues. It is more suspenseful and more gory. The acting is good. Story is fantastic as it is known. Allover it is a very good and corrected remake of an average movie.........7/10...........
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