May 06, 2017 03:21 PM
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Plot:
The story begins with a scene in Delhi, or rather a nasty scene where a girl, who on the verge of being compromised is approached by an old lady and she starts to shed her clothes in front of the rapists, to their utter disbelief. Now, is this a story? The next question is, why make such stories? Anyway, going forward, the movie switches to a flashback mode. The year is 1947; India attains independence, and then the partition of Pakistan. Comes into the picture is Begum Jaan(Vidya Balan). Why? The reason is her brothel comprising of eleven prostitutes, (eleven! a team?!) have got divided between the borders of India and Pakistan, and the government authorities are out to destroy it. Sir Cyril Radcliffe’s orders on creating “The Radcliffe Line” brings about a storm into the life of Begum Jaan and her team of eleven prostitutes, whose very existence gets questioned and a fight is stirred up to save their existence. With a bunch of sex starved men trying to get their hands on the belittled prostitutes the film has nothing more to offer, and yes lots of offensive words dominate the movie right from its beginning.
Performance:
Vidya Balan is really good at her act, and she is the only person who has performed brilliantly. The rest of the cast, Naseeruddin Shah, Ashish Vidyarthi, Chunky Pandey, to name a few are also good in their acts, however, everything gets diluted midway and goes haywire.
Music:
The film’s music is done by Anu Malik. Asha Bhosle is really amazing in the song “Prem Mein Tohre”.
Cinematography:
Gopi Bhagat who is the cinematographer of the movie, has done a brilliant job by recreating the frames of the independence era.
With such a strong star cast, this movie could have delved into something more interesting and worth remembering from the time of Indian independence. Nothing to look forward to.