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Gangubai Kathiawadi Release Date, Cast, Budget and Story Line

The Sanjay Leela Bhansali production Gangubai Kathiawadi is the most anticipated movie of the year. Fans are eagerly waiting for the movie to hit the screen. The movie took its inspiration from one of the chapters of ‘Mafia Queens of Mumbai’ book by Hussain Zaidi.

If you are excited to know about the upcoming film Gangubai Kathiawadi, keep Scrolling!

Release Date25 February 2022
LanguageHindi
GenreCrime, Drama, and Biography
DirectorSanjay Leela Bhansali
WriterSanjay Leela Bhansali & Utkarshini Vashistha
MusicSanchit Balhara & Ankit Balhara
ProducerSanjay Leela Bhansali & Jayantilal Gada
CinematographySudeep Chatterjee

Meet the cast of Gangubai Kathiwadi

The film features,

  • Alia Bhatt as Ganga Harjivandas (later Gangubai)
  • Shantanu Maheswari (Ramnik Lal)
  • Vijay Raaz (Raziabai)
  • Seema Pahwa (Birju)

Ajay Devgan (Karim Lala) and Huma Qureshi (Dilruba) will appear in a cameo role.

Plot of Gangubai Kathiawadi

The upcoming film is a crime-drama based biography of Gangubai, a madame in red light area of Kamathipura. The story circulates around the journey of a simple girl Ganga raised into a sex worker as Gangubai, the Queen of Kamathipura. Ganga runs away with her father’s accountant Ramnik Lal to start a new life as an actor. But, unfortunately, Ganga finds herself in a trap of Kamathipura whorehouse, sold to the red light area by her lover. Accepting her fate, she grows up to be the voice of thousands of sex workers and struggles to get women’s empowerment.

Throughout her life, she worked for women empowerment of sex workers and wanted a normal life for their children too. The story reveals the emotional side of sex workers living in Kamathipura and their challenges to survive in this brutal world.

Release Date of GangbaiKathiawadi

With a budget of Rs. 55 crore, the film is planned to enter theatres on February 25th. It is in the buzz that the movie will release in two languages i.e. Hindi & Telugu.

It would be a deep piercing watching Gangubai story live, helmed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali in Bollywood style. The story may let everyone silent and give a thought about the women of the red-light area and their compulsion.

Don’t forget to watch the movie, hitting the theaters on 25th February!

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