Begum Jaan

Begum Jaan

Vidya Balan and Gauhar Khan stills from Begum Jaan ! Begum Jaan is an upcoming Indian Hindi period drama film, it is written and directed by National Film Award-winning director Srijit Mukherji. The film is scheduled for release 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".