Who was Gangubai Kathiawadi, who Alia Bhatt plays in new movie? — Quartz India
Going by the teaser, Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Gangubai Kathiawadi appears to be a highly stylised version of its source material. The July 30 release stars Alia Bhatt as the queen of Mumbai’s Kamathipura red-light district. The movie is based on one of the women featured in Mafia Queens of Mumbai (Tranquebar, 2011). Written by S Hussain Zaidi along with Jane Borges, Mafia Queens consists of eight profiles of female criminals, who are described as being “gutsier, far more scheming and lethal when it came to pursing their goals.” Gangubai is the subject of the chapter titled “T...
Source: qz.com