Gangubai Kathiawadi in trouble again. MLA, Kamathipura resident move HC against use of area name in film
India Today
Maharashtra MLA Amin Patel and a resident of Kamathipura have moved the Bombay High Court against the use of area name in Gangubai Kathiawadi. The film is set to release on February 25.
Maharashtra MLA Amin Patel and a resident of Kamathipura area in south Mumbai have approached the Bombay High Court against the use of the area’s name in the Bollywood film Gangubai Kathiawadi, and sought it to be censored or deleted.
The petition filed by Shraddha Surve, a resident of Kamathipura where a number of brothels operated in the past, was mentioned before a division bench of Justices Gautam Patel and Madhav Jamdar on Tuesday, seeking urgent hearing as the movie is slated for release on Friday.
The bench said it would hear the petition on Wednesday.
Besides, a PIL filed by MLA Amin Patel, raising a similar objection, was mentioned before a division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice M S Karnik, which also said it would hear the plea on Wednesday.
The Sanjay Leela Bhansali-directed film, based on a chapter from writer S Hussain Zaidi’s book Mafia Queens of Mumbai, features Alia Bhatt as Gangubai, one of the most powerful, loved and respected madams from Kamathipura during the 1960s.
The petition filed by Surve said the movie shows the Kamathipura area in bad light and may besmirch and defame its residents.
“If the movie is allowed to be released with the name Kamathipura, then it would cause harm and disrespect to the residents, especially women,” the petition said.
