Alia Bhatt starrer Gangubai Kathiawadi is all set to release in cinema halls on February 25. The Sanjay Leela Bhansali-directed film, primarily based on a chapter from creator S Hussain Zaidi’s e book Mafia Queens of Mumbai, points Alia as Gangubai, one of the most powerful, cherished and revered madams from Kamathipura in the course of the 1960s.
Ahead of the film’s release, the makers have been going through felony hurdles. As many as three petitions have been filed in court that objected to the use of the area’s (Kamathipura) name in the film claiming it indicates the region in a bad mild which may additionally besmirch and defame the residents there. A Congress MLA also claimed to have acquired numerous letters from residents of Kamathipura looking for for their area’s title to be not used in the movie. However, the Bombay High Court dismissed all the pleas against the movie and cleared it to release in cinema halls as per the scheduled date.
Meanwhile, the family of Gangubai Harjivandas, on whom the movie is based, has objected to the film. The granddaughter of Gangubai claimed that no consent was sought through the filmmakers as they said that the movie is falsely making an attempt to venture her as a “prostituite.”
Bharti Sonawane, the granddaughter of Gangubai, is making attempts to end the film’s launch hours ahead of the schedule. She advised ETimes, “No consent was once taken before making this film. And anything image of Gangubai the makers have portrayed is totally wrong. Our legal professional is working toward stopping the movie from being released. We are being denied justice and chance considering that 2020.”
Targeting the director, Bharti further said, “I prefer to ask him to imagine any mother in the identical perspective as he has used to painting my grandmother in the movie Gangubai Kathiawadi. How is it justified? This is defamation and I won’t tolerate this. She was once my grandmother. It wasn’t her mistake that she stayed in Kamathipura. Different types of humans remain in Kamathipura. So, are all women from Kamathipura prostitutes? He has defamed our name. We are not in a position to exhibit our faces to anyone. Our household and peers ask us, “Aisi thi kya aapki Nani?”
Apart from Alia, Gangubai Kathiawadi additionally stars Shantanu Maheshwari, Ajay Devgn, Vijay Raaz, Huma Qureshi and Seema Pahwa.
