Kolkata: Dispelling rumours of any bad blood between them, Bengali cine star and National Award winner Rituparna Sengupta, who essayed Begum Jaan in Srijit Mukherji's Rajkahini, met and even posed sportingly with her Bollywood counterpart Vidya Balan who portrays the same role in the eponymous Hindi adaptation Begum Jaan.
It was so much fun meeting you @vidya_balan, looking forward to more of you pic.twitter.com/fc5KRfRXIe? Rituparna Official (@RituparnaSpeaks) April 11, 2017
When both the #BegumJaans meet...Cake ka partition toh banta hai!! ??? pic.twitter.com/AQlFY9wQMw? vidya balan (@vidya_balan) April 11, 2017
One story, different languages... Same soul, many bodies... Divine love, diverse expressions... This is to the spirit of #BegumJaan pic.twitter.com/0dG7Uqkayw? Priyanka Sarkar (@PriyankaSarkarB) April 11, 2017
Team #Rajkahini meets Team #BegumJaan - memories rekindled, notes exchanged, hearts connected, history created. @iindraadip @itsmeabir pic.twitter.com/QYzYYaaAK5? Srijit Mukherji (@srijitspeaketh) April 10, 2017
The enigmatic Srijit Mukherjee with two of India's most talented women. pic.twitter.com/6hkVjMgWad? Mahesh Bhatt (@MaheshNBhatt) April 11, 2017
Rubinaa Meets Rubinaa!?#BegumJaanMeetsRajkahini#AboutLastNight@GAUAHAR_KHAN & #JoyaAhsan. pic.twitter.com/V90bNCNtXE? Gαuαɦαř Eηcуcℓσpedîα (@GKEncyclopedia) April 11, 2017
Produced by Vishesh Films and Play Entertainment, Begum Jaan marks Mukherji's directorial debut in Hindi films. It releases on April 14.
Contradictory reports of who was Mukherji's original choice for the title role had recently fuelled a controversy of bad blood between the two leading ladies.
The film sees Vidya play a brothel owner in a story of survival set against the backdrop of the country's Partition in 1947.Rajkahini dealt with the aftermath of partition of Bengal as part of Partition of India in 1947.
Also read: Vidya Balan On why she chose to do Begum Jaan
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