Begum Jaan

IMDb link: 5785116
IMDb rating: 5.6 (3,129 votes)
Genres: Action, Drama, History
Director: Srijit Mukherji, Naseeruddin Shah
Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Fllora Saini, Vidya Balan, Pallavi Sharda and others

Release date: 14 Apr 2017
Release year: 2017
Runtime: 128 minutes
Country: India
Keywords: character name in title

Plot:

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.

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