“The back-drop is Partition. The sub-continent has been newly divided and Begum Jaan’s brothel is located on both sides of the Radcliffe line – that is one half falls in India and the other in Pakistan. When authorities from both countries try to throw them out, the Begum and her girls refuse to move” (Chopra, Anupama. Film Companion). … Continue reading Begum Jaan, Srijit Mukherji, Vishesh Films, 2017.