'Gangubai Kathiawadi': Alia Bhatt and director Sanjay Leela Bhansali resume filming with Kamathipura night shoot

After a 6-month covid-induced break, Bollywood star Alia Bhatt has resumed work on director Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s ‘Gangubai Kathiawadi’.
The director, who put the film on hold due to the lockdown, turned up the limelights and got the cameras rolling once again at a Mumbai studio. The team has constructed a huge set that best replicates Kamathipura. According to reports on Mid Day, the team picked up where they left off to maintain continuity to the shoot.

The makers were forced to pull down a portion of the elaborate sets to prevent damages during the monsoon, but latest reports state that the Kamathipura section was left untouched. The team has resumed the shoot with an extensive night schedule. Alia reportedly begins her shoot late evenings and continues filming till the wee hours of the morning.
‘Gangubai Kathiawadi’ will see Alia play the role of one of the most powerful, loved and respected madams of Kamathipura brothel during the 1960s. Sold into prostitution very young, Gangubai became influential in the city, with notorious criminals serving as her clients.

The film is based on a chapter in Husain Zaidi's novel 'Mafia Queens Of Mumbai'.
This will be Bhansali's first film after the 2018 blockbuster 'Padmaavat' which starred Ranveer Singh, Shahid Kapoor and Deepika Padukone.