Produced by Mahesh Bhatt, Begum Jaan will be releasing in theaters on 14th April.In a scene from this film, the eponymous lead - a cynical owner of a brothel - rocks emphatically on her chair while conveying her grouse to the raja ( Naseeruddin Shah). The film also features Ashish Vidyarthi, Rajit Kapur, Gauahar Khan, Pallavi Sharda, Vivek Mushran and Chunky Panday. Once we were on the sets, we would completely cut-off from the rest of the world.” “He was my history and geography,” Vidya laughed and added “We all gave so much of ourselves to the film.
Vidya admits that while prepping for the role she completely relied on Srjit Mukherji’s brief. It also helps that I have very bad memory- moments stay, feelings stay but don’t remember how the actor used his body and face in a particular role,” quipped Vidya. Besides I am a terrible mimic, didn’t want Ritiparna‘s (Sengupta) performance to impact my performance. I think therefore I blocked it out consciously. I watched it as an audience and I absolutely loved it. Did the original film and the performances in it, affect Vidya while enacting the scenes in Begum Jaan? “I consciously blocked it out. The two films have the same premise, that of partition but while Rajkahini was set in Bengal, Begum Jaan is based in Gurdaspur, Punjab. Even when you see a powerful women, you will still see a softer side to her, but not her. Begum Jaan is unapologetically and unabashedly powerful. What really drew me to Begum Jaan is that women often take time to come to terms with the kind of power they have, no matter how successful they are but Begum Jaan knows her strengths well. “ Begum Jaan is very different person from anyone I’ve known or played in my life. Terming it as one of the toughest roles of her career, Vidya states that Begum Jaan’s powerful personality drew her to the role. The trailer has already garnered a lot of curiosity around the film- primarily for its powerful story line and of course Vidya herself.
In her latest, Begum Jaan, she plays a madam of a brothel set during the partition era. From a sexy southern siren in The Dirty Picture to a pregnant woman in search of her husband in Kahaani to a sleuth in Bobby Jasoos, Vidya has played myriad characters- making each of them memorable in their own way.
She never sticks to the norms and always experiments with the characters she plays on screen and yet Vidya Balan emerges as a winner with each of her roles.
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