Will Begum Jaan Beat Dirty Picture To Become Highest Women Centric Opener

In 2017 films like Phillauri and Naam Shabana have performed well at the box office. In the upcoming weeks female oriented films like Begum Jaan, Noor, Maatr, Mom and Haseena will hit the screens.

Coming back to Begum Jaan to which is set to hit the screens on this Friday. Since there was no big release on the last Friday, a good opening can be expected from this film.

But, Hollywood’s highly anticipated flick The Fate of the Furious will hit the screens along with Vidya Balan starrer film.

Still 4-5 crore opening is expected from Begum Jaan. The film should open better than Vidya’s last outing Kaahani 2, which collected 4.25 crores on its 1st day.

Here is the list of opening day collections of women-centric films which released in recent times:

Apart from Vidya Balan, Begum Jaan the film also stars Naseeruddin Shah, Ila Arun, Gauahar Khan, Pallavi Sharda, Rajit Kapoor, Ashish Vidyarthi, Chunky Pandey, Vivek Mushran, Poonam Rajput, Ridheema Tiwari, Flora Saini, Priyankaa Setia, Mishti Chakraborty, Sumit Nijhawan, Pitobash and Rajesh Sharma.

The hard-hitting plot deals with the trauma of displaced women in a brothel during India’s partition. According to reports, CBFC (Central Board of Film Certification) has demanded 12 cuts and the makers have been instructed to tone down Vidya’s language. CBFC wants several cases of abuse to be dropped off from the film.

Produced by Mukesh Bhatt, Vishesh Bhatt and Play Entertainment, the film is scheduled to release on 14th April. Post the release of Begum Jaan, Vidya Balan will start the shooting of Tumhari Sulu.

Tumhari Sulu revolves around the character of Sulu (Sulochana), a simple, happy-go-lucky housewife who stumbles upon a job of a night RJ (radio jockey). The music will play a crucial element in the film.