As Vidya Balan starrer ‘Begum Jaan’ is all set to hit the screens this Friday, the actress sat down for a tete-a-tete with Bombay Times where she talked about her powerful character and more.

Speaking about her fiery act as Begum Jaan in the Srijit Mukherji film, the quintessential actress is all praises for the strong. She says, “Begum Jaan rules the space she lives in. When we asked ourselves why she would not set up her kotha somewhere else, we realized that each one of us is trying to establish our roots somewhere or the other.”

‘Begum Jaan’ is a story of survival set against the backdrop of the Partition. A Hindi adaptation of Mukerji’s critically acclaimed Bengali movie ‘Rajkahini’, the film shows the grit and gumption of a group of sex workers as they fight for their home.