After facing several delays due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Alia Bhatt has finally wrapped the filming Gangubai Kathiawadi directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali.
According to reports, after Alia and the filmmaker Bhansali contracted Covid-19, the makers had to face financial strain as it was difficult to re-assemble every resource. However, despite difficulties the team has been successful in finishing the project.
The actor shared the news on her social media accounts. She shared a few photos from the film’s set and captioned the post:
“We started shooting Gangubai on the 8th of December 2019 .. and we wrapped the film now 2 years later! This film and set has been through two lockdowns.. two cyclones.. director and actor getting Covid during the making!!! the troubles the set has faced is another film altogether! But through all that and more.. what I take away is the gigantic life changing experience,” an excerpt from her post said.
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Alia and director Bhansali had contracted the coronavirus earlier this year. As they recovered from the infection, the destructive second wave of Covid-19 struck the country, prompting another lockdown and shutdown of all film and television production.
The film resumed production earlier this month. Its story is based on one of the chapters of noted author Hussain Zaidi’s book, Mafia Queens of Mumbai. Alia plays the titular role of Gangubai, one of the most powerful, loved and respected madams from Kamathipura during the 1960s. It is set to release on July 30.
According to an Indian daily, Bhansali will commence the shooting of his web-series Heera Mandi on the same floor as Gangubai Kathiawadi in Mumbai Film City. The web series will be based on Lahore’s red-light district Heera Mandi and it has been widely reported that the show will release on Netflix.
