Filmmaker
Sanjay
Leela
Bhansali's
latest
directorial
Gangubai
Kathiawadi
is
winning
hearts
of
audiences.
One
the
one
side,
people
cannot
stop
praising
Alia
Bhatt
for
her
brilliant
performance
in
the
film
as
a
sex-worker-turned-social-activist.
On
the
other,
audience
is
in
awe
of
Bhansali's
direction
and
way
of
storytelling.
Amid
all
the
praise,
in
his
recent
tête-à-tête
with
Film
Companion,
Bhansali
spoke
about
growing
up
in
a
chawl
near
a
red-light
area
and
seeing
sex
workers
on
his
way
to
and
fro
school
every
day.
"You're
sensitive
to
what
you
see
as
a
child.
How
can
a
person's
rate
be
Rs
20?
These
were
the
things
that
stayed
in
my
mind.
But
I
could
not
tell
them
completely.
I
was
finding
them
through
Chandramukhi...
We
are
priceless
for
ourselves,
we
can't
be
tagged.
We
can't
be
sold
for
Rs
5
or
Rs
20
or
Rs
50.
It
is
inhuman," said
Bhansali.
He
further
said,
"If
you're
sensitive
to
watching
all
this
as
you
go
to
school
everyday...
But
their
faces
had
tremendous
stories.
They
make
themselves
up.
They
put
so
much
paint
and
powder,
look
at
the
grief.
How
do
you
camouflage
that
grief.
You
cannot.
The
greatest
makeup
artist
cannot
take
it
away.
You
cannot.
These
are
moments,
for
me
as
a
filmmaker,
they
mattered."
Coming
back
to
Gangubai
Kathiawadi,
the
film
released
in
theatres
on
February
25,
2022.
Apart
from
Alia
Bhatt,
the
film
also
casts
Ajay
Devgn,
Shantanu
Maheshwari,
Vijay
Raaz
and
Seema
Pahwa
in
key
roles.
The
film
has
been
well
received
for
Alia
Bhatt's
performance.