Alia Bhatt has been continuously shooting for Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s directional Gangubai Kathiawadi. The film production kicked off in December 2019 but was halted amid the pandemic last year. At the end of 2020, the production began again. Now, the actress is set to film two elaborate dance numbers for the film.
According to Bollywood Hungama, Alia Bhatt has completed the talkie portions of the shoot after filming for the last three months. Keeping the two dance numbers for the third week of February. She has been given a two-week break during which she will rehearse for the songs. One of the dance numbers is envisioned on a huge scale with 200 background dancers. It will be filmed at Film City in Mumbai where the Kamathipura set had been replicated.
In the movie, Gangubai Kathiawadi, Gangubai, remembered as The Madam of Kamathipura in the pages of history, was pushed into prostitution at an early age, and later become an extremely influential pimp with numerous ferocious gangsters as her clients. The movie is planned to release during Diwali 2021.