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.

Vidya Balan
as Begum Jaan

Naseeruddin Shah
as Rajaji

Pallavi Sharda
as Gulabo

Gauahar Khan
as Rubina

Ila Arun
as Amma

Priyanka Setia
as

Flora Saini
as Maina

Ridheema Tiwari
as Amba

Mishti Chakravarty
as Shabnam

Raviza Chauhan
as Lata