Now Vidya's Begum Jaan’s will release on 17th March instead of 6th January!

Earlier, it was informed that Vidya Balan's next Begum Jaan would be the first release of 2017. The date was set as 6th January and many trade experts called it as a brave move, considering the fact that conventionally, the track record of first release of the year is pretty poor. In fact Vidya's own No One Killed Jessica was an uncommon exception when it was the first release of 2011.

Well, as things stand today, there is a rearrange in order. The movie will now release on 17th March next year.

"That's correct," ratifies our source, "There is no rush here. It is going to be 17th March instead."

This date is special as well for the Vidya Balan starrer since the movie would now coincide with the five year anniversary of Kahaani, which is Vidya's second major hit (after The Dirty Picture).

"Yeah, Kahaani released in March 2012 and now Begum Jaan would arrive in March 2017," our source further adds, "Kahaani was the film that proved to be a major milestone in Vidya's career and also brought sure turnaround for her. In fact after its release, it had turned out to be the highest grossing female centric film till date. The record was only equaled by Queen (2014) two years later by Kangana Ranaut."

There is a Bengal linking too between both the movies. While Sujoy Ghosh's Kahaani was based in Kolkata, Begum Jaan is an official adaptation of Srijit Mukherji's Bengali movie Rajkahini. Rituparna Sengupta was the central hero in the Bengali version and now Vidya Balan is essaying the same part of a brothel madam.