Tag: Rajkahini

I wanted to show anger of partition through ‘Begum Jaan’: Srijit Mukherji

Partition remains a searing reality in the history of India and Pakistan. Against this backdrop, Srijit Mukherji has sought to bring to Hindi filmgoers what he had for Bengali viewers two years ago. "The subject is very hard-hitting. Partition as an event demands that kind of treatment. While reading stories of partition and its impact...

April 24, 2017

Style File: Different shades of ‘Begum Jaan’

April 12, 2017

When Begum Jaan met Begum Jaan

Dispelling rumours of any bad blood between them, Bengali cine star and National Award winner Rituparna Sengupta, who essayed Begum Jaan in Srijit Mukherji's Rajkahini, met and even posed sportingly with her Bollywood counterpart Vidya Balan who portrays the same role in the eponymous Hindi adaptation Begum Jaan. "I am very happy that I am...

April 11, 2017

Vidya Balan hopes people will connect with ‘Begum Jaan’

Actress Vidya Balan hopes the audience connects with her new film Begum Jaan, in which she plays the madam of a brothel. "The film's trailer and songs have got overwhelming response from the audience and they are eagerly waiting to watch the film. I hope people will connect with the film", Vidya said at a...

April 8, 2017

It’s Vidya Balan’s Begum Jaan Vs Rituparna’s Rajkahini!

Srijit Mukherjee's  directorial Begum Jaan starring Vidya Balan has been the talk of the town ever since the trailer of the film was released and what makes it even more intriguing is its uncanny resemblance with the Bengali film Rajkahini starring Rituparna Sen Gupta. Interestingly, ‘Rajkahini’ was also directed by Srijit Mukherji and it was released in...

March 31, 2017

Vidya Balan releases first poster of ‘Begum Jaan’

Bollywood actress Vidya Balan revealed the first poster of her much awaited film Begum Jaan on Tuesday morning. Begum Jaan, directed by Bengali director Srijit Mukherji, is a remake of Bengali film Rajkahini, stars Vidya in the lead, a brothel’s madam in Punjab during India’s partition in 1947. The film also stars Gauahar Khan, Pallavi Sharda,...

March 7, 2017