Filmmaker
Sanjay
Leela
Bhansali's
acclaimed
period
drama
Gangubai
Kathiawadi
is
set
to
premiere
on
Netflix
on
April
26,
the
streamer
announced
on
Wednesday.
The
Hindi
film,
headlined
by
Alia
Bhatt
in
the
title
role,
released
in
cinemas
on
February
25.
Netflix
India
shared
the
date
announcement
of
the
film's
digital
release
on
its
official
Twitter
page.
"Dekho,
dekho
chaand
Netflix
pe
aaraha
hai.
#GangubaiKathiawadi
arrives
on
April
26th," the
tweet
read.
According
to
a
video
shared
by
the
streaming
platform,
the
film
will
also
be
available
in
Telugu.
Following
the
life
of
Gangubai,
one
of
the
most
powerful,
loved
and
respected
madams
from
Kamathipura
during
the
1960s,
the
film
is
one
of
the
biggest
hits
of
the
year
as
yet,
amassing
nearly
Rs
130
crore
at
the
box
office.
It
was
the
first
collaboration
between
Bhansali,
known
for
films
such
as
Devdas,
Bajirao
Mastani
and
Padmaavat,
and
Bhatt.
Based
on
a
chapter
from
S
Hussain
Zaidi's
book
'Mafia
Queens
of
Mumbai',
Gangubai
Kathiawadi
was
backed
by
Bhansali
Productions
and
Jayantilal
Gada's
Pen
India
Limited.
The
film
had
its
world
premiere
at
the
72nd
Berlin
International
Film
Festival
in
February.
Bhansali
has
also
joined
hands
with
Netflix
for
his
pre-Independence
set
project
Heeramandi,
which
marks
his
digital
debut.
The
upcoming
series
will
explore
stories
of
courtesans
and
the
hidden
cultural
reality
of
Heera
Mandi,
a
dazzling
district,
during
pre-Independent
India.