In an enormous reduction for Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Supreme Court has dismissed a plea looking for an injunction on the discharge of Gangubai Kathiawadi. This implies that Alia Bhatt starrer can be launched tomorrow as deliberate i.e on February 25.
The plea was filed by Babu Ravji Shah, who claims to be the adopted son of the actual Gangubai. While he had claimed that the film was defamatory, the highest courtroom on Thursday upheld the Bombay High Court’s ruling and stated that Shah couldn’t show that he was actually the adopted son of late Gangubai. The courtroom additional refused to place a keep on the discharge of the film.
Apart from this, Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s lawyer additionally knowledgeable the courtroom {that a} identify change of the film will not be potential. The lawyer cited that the film is scheduled to launch tomorrow and subsequently, a title change isn’t potential. For the unversed, Supreme Court had steered a title change on Wednesday in view of the circumstances pending earlier than courts in opposition to the film.
Several circumstances have been filed in opposition to the film thus far. Earlier, Maharashtra Congress MLA additionally filed a plea looking for to alter the identify of the movie Gangubai Kathiawadi. He had alleged that the film misrepresents Kamathipura as a red-light space whereas displaying the Kathiawadi group in poor mild.
Earlier at this time, Gangubai’s granddaughter additionally advised ETimes that she is making all potential makes an attempt to cease the discharge of the film. She alleged that no consent was taken earlier than making the film and reiterated that the movie portrays her grandmother wrongly as a prostitute. “No consent was taken earlier than making this movie. And no matter picture of Gangubai the makers have portrayed is totally mistaken. Our lawyer is working in the direction of stopping the movie from being launched. We are being denied justice and alternative since 2020,” Gangubai’s granddaughter, Bharti Sonawane told ETimes.
Gangubai Kathiawadi is produced and directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali. In the movie, Alia will be seen playing the role of a young girl who was sold into prostitution by her suitor Ramnik Lal. The story of the movie has been adapted from a chapter of Hussain Zaidi’s book Mafia Queens of Mumbai. Besides Alia, the movie also features Vijay Raaz and Seema Pahwa among others. Ajay Devgn will also be making a cameo in the film.
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