Begum Jaan

“My Body. My House. My Country. My Rules.”

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.

Directed by Srijit Mukherji, Kumkum Saigal, Sumit Sabherwal