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#SanjayLeelaBhansali and #AliaBhatt at the Berlin Film Festival for the Premiere of #GangubaiKathiawadi

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Gangubai Kathiawadi controversy: The family of Gangubai Kathiawadi has filed a defamation suit against Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Hussain Zaidi on whose book the film is based, and Alia Bhatt among other people associated with the film. The makers are currently at the Berlin International Film Festival where the first screening of the film will take place. However, back in India, the family Gangubai has claimed that the film portrays her as a prostitute and she was never one

As reported by Hindustan Times, notices have been sent to SLB and Hussain and Alia has been named in both of them. While speaking about the case on behalf of the family, advocate Narendra Dubey said she was a social worker and a political influencer and her kids don’t want her to be portrayed as a prostitute in a film. “Nobody wants their mother to be portrayed as a prostitute. Even the son of a prostitute won’t want that. It is just for the sake of money, it assassinates the character of a person. It is not a matter of mother and son, it is a matter of respect and dignity for every woman. No woman would want to be portrayed in such a nude and obscene manner. Even if we believe what Hussain Zaidi wrote in his book, he said Gangubai never wanted to become a prostitute. Would that woman then, want to be portrayed as a prostitute?

Dubey added that Gangubai was a strong figure in the Kamathipura area. So much so that prominent leaders like Jawaharlal Nehru, Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Morarji Desai among others would visit her home during elections. “She fought for the rights of the prostitutes,” he said.