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Audiences rate it 48 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb5.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes8%
Audiences rate it 48 points higher than critics do.
25 audience votes
Key crew
- Srijit MukherjiDirector
- Niranjan IyengarScreenplay
- Anu MalikOriginal Music Composer
- Indraadip DasguptaOriginal Music Composer
- Kausar MunirScreenplay
- KhayyamOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Vidya BalanBegum Jaan
- Naseeruddin ShahRajaji
- Pallavi ShardaGulabo
- Gauahar KhanRubina
- Ila ArunAmma
- Priyanka SetiaCast
- Flora SainiMaina
- Ridheema TiwariAmba
- Mishti ChakravartyShabnam
- Raviza ChauhanLata
- Gracy GoswamiCast
- PitobashSurjeet
Stills
Themes
brothelborderprostitutionperiod dramacolonial indiaindia pakistan border