Alia Bhatt stars as the titular Gangubai Harjivandas Kathiawadi, a dramaticised version of the real woman, who became a successful madam and sex worker advocate after being sold to human traffickers ...
Co-writer of the book that inspired Bhansali to envision a film on Kamathipura’s godmother of the ’50s, mid-day’s Jane Borges meets Alia Bhatt for an evening chat on what it took to metamorphose into ...
Indian filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali, renowned for his epic cinematic vision, now trains his sights on women’s empowerment tale “Gangubai Kathiawadi,” playing as a Berlinale Special Gala on Feb. 16.
Indian auteur Sanjay Leela Bhansali has told stories of the underrepresented in several of his works and his latest film, “Gangubai Kathiawadi,” for which Oscar and BAFTA campaigns are running, is an ...
Kamathipura is gritty at its worst, but otherwise plain, sombre and dull. There are days when it will surprise you; like the last time this writer visited the area, notoriously remembered as Asia’s ...