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By: Shree1news, 26 DEC 2020
Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Gangubai Kathiawadi is in hot water. The movie traces the journey of a madam of a brothel in Kamathipura by the identical title. Gangubai’s son Babuji Rawji Shah registered a case towards the filmmaker, Alia Bhatt, who performs the titular role, and Bhansali Productions.
Babuji additionally filed a case towards author Hussain Zaidi, on whose novel The Mafia Queens of Mumbai the movie relies, and reporter Jane Borges, whose analysis was the premise of the book.
The Print reports that Babuji has alleged that sure parts of The Mafia Queens of Mumbai are defamatory and an infringement upon his proper to privacy, self-respect and liberty. He sought everlasting cessation of printing and circulation of the book, deletion of chapters pertaining to Gangubai’s life and stoppage of production of the movie.
Narendra Dubey, Babuji’s lawyer, mentioned that within the coming week, they might also file a criminal complaint towards the defendants for ‘defamation, indecent representation of women, and circulation of obscene and indecent material’.
The first hearing was held at the Bombay civil court on Tuesday and the defendants have to respond to the allegations levelled towards them by January 7.
Source: A-N
