Begum Jaan (2017)
Original title: बेगम जान
Begum Jaan is a 2017 Hindi-language action movie directed by Srijit Mukherji, with a running time of 2h 8m. It stars Vidya Balan, Naseeruddin Shah and Pallavi Sharda.
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.