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Gangubai Kathiawadi is a 2022 Indian Hindi-language biographical crime drama film directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali and produced by Bhansali and Jayantilal Gada.Based on the book Mafia Queens of Mumbai by S. Hussain Zaidi, it tells the story of Gangubai Kathiawadi, a simple girl from Kathiawad who is forced into prostitution and later rises to become a madam and an influential figure in Bombay ...
Gangubai Harjeevandas (1928 – 8 September 1977), [a] better known as Gangubai Kothewali [3] [b] or Gangubai Kathiawadi, [3] [c] was an Indian social activist, sex worker and madam of a brothel in the Kamathipura area of Mumbai during the 1960s. Gangubai worked for the rights of sex workers and for the well-being of orphans. [5]
The film was loosely based on the life of Indian sex worker and social activist Gangubai Kothewali and documented in the novel Mafia Queens of Mumbai, written by S. Hussain Zaidi. Besides directing, Bhansali also composed the film's soundtrack while the score was composed by Sanchit Balhara and Ankit Balhara.
Alia Bhatt won several awards for playing the title role in Gangubai Kathiawadi Gangubai Kathiawadi is a 2022 biographical film directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali and starring Alia Bhatt in the title role of a young aspiring actress turned prostitute. Based on a chapter of Hussain Zaidi's book Mafia Queens of Mumbai, the screenplay was written by Bhansali and Utkarshini Vashishtha, with Prakash ...
Gangubai Kathiawadi is an Indian Hindi-language biographical crime film directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali and produced by Bhansali Productions in conjunction with Jayantilal Gada's Pen India Ltd. The film is based on Zaidi's book Mafia Queens of Mumbai. The story revolves around Gangubai Kothewali, a brothel owner and matriarch. [22] [23] [24]
Director Sanjay Leela Bhansali announced a film titled Gangubai Kathiawadi which is based on the chapter of Gangubai Kothewali from the book. [8] The film, starring Alia Bhatt in the title role, released on 25 February 2022. [9]
Sanjay Leela Bhansali [a] (Gujarati: [ˈsəndʒeː ˈlilɑ ˈbʱəɳsɑli]; born 24 February 1963) is an Indian film director, producer, screenwriter, editor and music composer, who works in Hindi cinema. [2] He is the recipient of several awards, including seven National Film Awards and 12 Filmfare Awards, in addition to a nomination for a ...
Karim Lala (1911 – 19 February 2002), born Abdul Karim Sher Khan in the Samalam Village of the Shegal District of Kunar Province, Afghanistan, was infamous as one of the three "mafia dons of Mumbai" in India for more than two decades from the sixties to the early eighties, [1] the other two being Mastan Mirza aka Haji Mastan and Varadarajan Mudaliar.