Alia
Bhatt
and
Sanjay
Leela
Bhansali
presented
Gangubai
Kathiawadi
at
the
Berlin
International
Film
Festival
on
Wednesday
(February
16).
The
filmmaker
interacted
with
media
after
the
film's
screening
and
revealed
how
Alia
became
one
with
her
titular
character.
He
also
added
that
her
boyfriend
and
actor
Ranbir
Kapoor
often
complained
about
Alia
acting
like
her
character
at
home.
Praising
Alia's
performance,
Sanjay
Leela
Bhansali
said,
"I
think
she's
become
more
Gangubai
than
Alia
in
real
life.
Her
boyfriend
complains
about
her
speaking
like
Gangubai
at
home.
She's
just
completely
becoming
one
with
the
character."
Alia
plays
the
role
of
a
vulnerable
girl
turned
brothel
owner
and
matriarch
in
Gangubai
Kathiawadi.
SLB
added
that
Alia's
trance
moment
in
the
song
'Dholida'
is
the
best
he
had
ever
seen.
"I
didn't
know
Alia
was
such
a
good
dancer.
When
she
danced
in
Dholida,
I
thought
here
was
an
actor
who
finally
transcended.
It's
a
very
gooseflesh
moment
for
me
to
even
talk
about
it
and
think
about
it."
"She
just
became
one
with
that
character
and
expressed
all
her
angst
and
all
that
she
had
gone
through
in
that
one
song," he
shared
when
saying
that
'Dholida'
is
the
song
that
he
will
take
to
his
grave.
"It
is
completely
the
best
thing
that
I
have
seen
an
actor
do
in
a
very,
very
long
time,"
Sanjay
Leela
Bhansali
told
the
reporters.
Gangubai
Kathiawadi
is
based
on
a
chapter
of
S
Hussain
Zaidi's
book
Mafia
Queens
of
Mumbai.
The
film
also
starring
Ajay
Devgn,
Shantanu
Maheshwari,
Vijay
Raaz,
Indira
Tiwari
and
Seema
Pahwa
is
set
to
hit
the
theatres
on
February
25.