Gangubai Kathiawadi in legal trouble as Congress MLA files PIL in Bombay High Court
The MLA also met Amit Vilasrao Deshmukh, Minister for Cultural Affairs in Maharashtra, to submit a memorandum regarding objections with respect to trailer of the film
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Mumbai, February 22: Ahead of its release on February 25, Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s ‘Gangubai Kathiawadi’, will have to face a legal battle in Bombay High Court. Legal troubles have loomed over the film after Congress MLA Amin Patel, and a few residents of Kamathipura, have filed separate pleas in Bombay High Court citing discontent over the portrayal of some portions in the film.
A similar plea was also moved in by some residents of Kamathipura in Bombay High Court to seek change in the use of the name “Kamathipura” used in the film. The Bench led by Justice GS Patel will be hearing the plea tomorrow, February 23.
Alia Bhatt starter ‘Gangubai Kathiawadi’ is directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali, and is all set to release in the cinemas on February 25. The film is an adaptation of Hussain Zaidi’s book ‘Mafia Queens of Mumbai’ which records the life of Gangubai Kothewali, a matriarch of a brothel in Mumbai’s Kamathipura.
On Tuesday, Congress MLA from Mumbadevi, Mumbai Amin Patel filed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) in Bombay High Court against the release of the film. Patel’s plea is likely to be heard by a single member bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta today.
A public interest litigation has also been filed by Congress MLA Ameen Patel seeking similar reliefs.
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The plea is likely to be heard by the Bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta soon.
On February 17, the MLA also met Amit Vilasrao Deshmukh, the Minister for Cultural Affairs in Maharashtra to submit a memorandum regarding serious objections with respect to trailer of the film. Amin Patel argued that the film maligns the image of the Kamathipura locality and the Kathiawadi community, residing in Mumbai.
A similar plea was also moved in by some residents of Kamathipura in Bombay High Court to seek change in the use of the name “Kamathipura” used in the film. The Bench led by Justice GS Patel will be hearing the plea tomorrow, February 23.
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Previously, Gangubai’s adopted family alleged that the film tarnishes Gangubai as a ‘prostitute’, while asserting that she always fought for the rights of prostitutes in her life. Notices were also sent to makers of the film, and defamation charges have been levied against them.
Alia Bhatt starter ‘Gangubai Kathiawadi’ is directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali, and is all set to release in the cinemas on February 25. The film is an adaptation of Hussain Zaidi’s book ‘Mafia Queens of Mumbai’ which records the life of Gangubai Kothewali, a matriarch of a brothel in Mumbai’s Kamathipura.