Sanjay
Leela
Bhansali's
upcoming
period
drama
Gangubai
Kathiawadi
has
Alia
Bhatt
in
a
never-seen
before
avatar.
The
actress
essays
the
role
of
one
of
the
most
powerful
madams
of
Mumbai's
red-light
area
Kamathipura
during
the
60s.
Recently
in
a
chat
with
an
entertainment
portal,
the
film's
director
Sanjay
Leela
Bhansali
recalled
Alia's
reaction
when
she
first
heard
the
script.
The
filmmaker
told
Zoom
that
the
actress
took
her
bag
and
ran
out
of
his
office
after
hearing
the
narration
of
Gangubai
Kathiawadi.
Bhansali
said
that
seeing
Alia's
reaction,
he
told
Prerna
Singh,
the
CEO
of
his
production
house
to
look
out
for
another
actress.
The
filmmaker
said,
"The
first
time
she
heard
the
narration,
she
took
her
bag
and
ran
out
of
my
office.
She
was
wondering
what
on
earth
hit
her
and
what
kind
of
role
I
have
offered
to
her.
She
just
run
away.
I
told
my
CEO
Prerna,
listen,
I
think
we
have
to
look
out
for
another
actor.
Because
this...
Well,
I
wanted
her
to
play
it."
However
the
next
morning,
Alia
called
up
Sanjay
Leela
Bhansali
and
told
him
that
she
wanted
to
meet
him.
The
latter
recalled
while
speaking
with
the
portal,
"I
said
you
don't
have
to
come
and
meet
me
personally
to
say
no
to
me."
This
left
the
actress
in
splits,
who
told
him
she
would
just
do
what
he
asked
her
to
do.
"I
said
jump
into
the
unknown,
even
I
don't
know
what
I
will
do,"
Bhansali
shared
with
the
portal.
In
her
previous
interview
with
a
leading
tabloid,
Alia
had
mentioned
that
she
was
scared
when
the
director
offered
her
Gangubai
Kathiawadi
as
she
didn't
expect
him
to
offer
her
a
film
of
this
nature.
Speaking
about
this
flick
which
marks
Alia
and
Sanjay
Leela
Bhansali's
first
collaboration,
it's
based
on
one
of
the
chapters
from
Hussain
Zaidi's
popular
books
'Mafia
Queens
Of
Mumbai'.