Begum Jaan

Directed by	Srijit Mukherji
Produced by	Mukesh Bhatt Vishesh Bhatt
Written by	Kausar Munir (Dialogue)
Story by	Srijit Mukherji
Based on	Rajkahini (2015) by Srijit Mukherji
Starring	Vidya Balan Ila Arun Naseeruddin Shah Rajit Kapoor Ashish Vidyarthi Vivek Mushran Chunky Pandey Gauahar Khan Pallavi Sharda
Narrated by	Amitabh Bachchan
Music by	Anu Malik Khayyam
Production company	Vishesh Films Play Entertainments
Release date	14 April 2017
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Begum Jaan is a 2017 Indian Hindi period drama film, 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. 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
Ila Arun as Amma
Gauahar Khan as Rubina
Pallavi Sharda as Gulabo
Priyanka Setia as Jameela
Ridheema Tiwary as Amba
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

Soundtrack

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. Second song, Aazaadiyan brought together Sonu Nigam and Rahat Fateh Ali Khan. 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. This song is penned by Rahat Indori and sung by Arijit Singh.

All lyrics written by Kausar Munir; all music composed by Anu Malik.

No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	Prem Mein Tohre	Asha Bhosle	3:58
2.	Aazaadiyan	Sonu Nigam, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan	6:41
3.	O Re Kaharo	Kalpana Patowary, Altamash Faridi	5:48
4.	Holi Khelein	Shreya Ghoshal, Anmol Malik	6:03
5.	Prem Mein Tohre (Reprise)	Kavita Seth	3:58
6.	Woh Subah	Arijit Singh, Shreya Ghoshal	4:15
7.	Murshida	Arijit Singh	5:25