Begum Jaan

<br /> <img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4d/Begum_Jaan.jpg/220px-Begum_Jaan.jpg"><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Begum_Jaan.jpg"></a><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <table><tr><td>Directed by </td><td>Srijit Mukherji</td></tr> <tr><td>Produced by </td><td>Mukesh Bhatt<br /> Vishesh Bhatt</td></tr> <tr><td>Written by </td><td>Kausar Munir (Dialogue)</td></tr> <tr><td>Story by </td><td>Srijit Mukherji</td></tr> <tr><td>Based on </td><td>Rajkahini (2015)<br /> by Srijit Mukherji</td></tr> <tr><td>Starring </td><td>Vidya Balan<br /> Ila Arun<br /> Naseeruddin Shah<br /> Rajit Kapoor<br /> Ashish Vidyarthi<br /> Vivek Mushran<br /> Chunky Pandey<br /> Gauahar Khan<br /> Pallavi Sharda</td></tr> <tr><td>Narrated by </td><td>Amitabh Bachchan</td></tr> <tr><td>Music by </td><td>Anu Malik<br /> Khayyam</td></tr> <tr><td>Production company </td><td>Vishesh Films<br /> Play Entertainments</td></tr> <tr><td>Release date </td><td>14 April 2017</td></tr> <tr><td>Country </td><td>India</td></tr> <tr><td>Language </td><td>Hindi</td></tr> </table><br /> <br /> <b>Begum Jaan</b> 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.<br /> <br /> 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".<br /> <br /> <h3>Cast</h3><br /> Vidya Balan as Begum Jaan<br /> Ila Arun as Amma<br /> Gauahar Khan as Rubina<br /> Pallavi Sharda as Gulabo<br /> Priyanka Setia as Jameela<br /> Ridheema Tiwary as Amba<br /> Flora Saini as Maina<br /> Raviza Chauhan as Lata<br /> Poonam Rajput as Rani<br /> Mishti (Indrani Chakraborty)as Shabnam<br /> Gracy Goswami as Laadli<br /> Pitobash Tripathy as Surjeet<br /> Sumit Nijhawan as Salim Mirza<br /> Ashish Vidyarthi as Harshvardhan<br /> Chunky Pandey as Kabir<br /> Rajit Kapoor as Ilias<br /> Vivek Mushran as Master<br /> Rajesh Sharma as Shyam<br /> Naseeruddin Shah as Rajaji<br /> Ashok Dhanuka as Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel<br /> Sanjay Gurubaxani as Jawaharlal Nehru<br /> Dicky Banerjee as Muhammad Ali Jinnah<br /> Patrick Eyre as Louis Mountbatten<br /> Steve Burroughs as Hastings Ismay<br /> Raja Biswas as Cyril Radcliffe<br /> <br /> <br /> <h3>Soundtrack</h3><br /> <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> All lyrics written by Kausar Munir; all music composed by Anu Malik.<br /> <br /> <table><tr><th>No.</th><th>Title</th> <th>Singer(s)</th> <th>Length</th></tr> <tr><td>1.</td><td>Prem Mein Tohre </td><td>Asha Bhosle </td><td>3:58</td></tr> <tr><td>2.</td><td>Aazaadiyan </td><td>Sonu Nigam, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan </td><td>6:41</td></tr> <tr><td>3.</td><td>O Re Kaharo </td><td>Kalpana Patowary, Altamash Faridi </td><td>5:48</td></tr> <tr><td>4.</td><td>Holi Khelein </td><td>Shreya Ghoshal, Anmol Malik </td><td>6:03</td></tr> <tr><td>5.</td><td>Prem Mein Tohre (Reprise) </td><td>Kavita Seth </td><td>3:58</td></tr> <tr><td>6.</td><td>Woh Subah </td><td>Arijit Singh, Shreya Ghoshal </td><td>4:15</td></tr> <tr><td>7.</td><td>Murshida </td><td>Arijit Singh </td><td>5:25</td></tr> </table><br />

Begum Jaan

Directed by Srijit Mukherji Produced by Mukesh Bhatt Vishesh Bhatt Written by Kausar Munir (Dialogue) Story by Srijit Mukherji Bas...

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