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.[1]Vidya Balan plays the lead role of a brothel’s madam, set in the backdrop of late Indian Independence period of 1948. It is Hindi remake of the Bengali film Rajkahini ( 2015) . Begum Jaan is loosely based on Shyam Benegal’s 1986 movie Mandi.
Cast
Vidya Balan as Begum Jaan [2]
Ila Arun as Amma [3]
Gauahar Khan as Rubina [4]
Pallavi Sharda as Gulabo [5]
Priyanka Setia as Jameela
Ridheema Tiwary as Amba [6]
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.[7][8]
Soundtrack
Begum Jaan
Soundtrack album by Anu Malik, Khayyam
Genre
Feature film soundtrack
Length
36: 10
Language
Hindi
Label
Times Music
The music for the film is composed by Anu Malik and Kausar Munir has written the lyrics for songs. The soundtrack was released by Times Music. Prem Mein Tohre, sung by Asha Bhosle was launched on 14 February 2017 to high praise.[9] Second song, Aazaadiyan brought together Sonu Nigam and Rahat Fateh Ali Khan.[10] The full music album was released on 6th April 2017. On 9th April 2017, the sixth song of this album, Woh Subah was released. This song is a recreated version of the song Woh Subah Kabhi To Aayegi from the 1958 Bollywood movie, Phir Subah Hogi, composed by Khayyam and written by Sahir Ludhiyanvi. The original song was voiced by Mukesh and Asha Bhosle, while the new version had the voices of Arijit Singh and Shreya Ghoshal. On 12th April 2017, the last song of this album, labelled a ’bonus track’, Murshida was released.[11] This song is penned by Rahat Indori and sung by Arijit Singh.
All lyrics written by Kausar Munir; all music composed by Anu Malik.