Alia Bhatt reveals why she felt Gangubai Kathiawadi would either turn out to be a comedy or shock the audience

Alia Bhatt starrer Gangubai Kathiawadi is finally out and the actress has once again managed to blow the audience over with her acting chops. While accolades pour in now, Alia who plays Sanjay Leela Bhansali ’s muse for the first time has also been subjected to criticism by many and called a misfit for the part after the trailer dropped.

The actress reacted to those who questioned her casting after the film’s announcement nearly two years ago. Alia interview with News 18 said that many people initially thought the story is about a character that is 40-50 years old. Addressing the criticism she said that she wasn’t worried since she knew the story and knew what the film needed.

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Talking further on the subject Alia added, “People felt that my face is soft but a gruesome situation doesn’t have anything to do with a face. What was important and certain is that if I don’t play the part with conviction and if I held back with the flair and the emotions, then it would have backfired. So, I personally had to go all out and believe that I was this person.”

Alia also freely expressed her initial reservations and said, “I would always come back home and often say that the film is either going to be a comedy or it is going to work really well and shock the audience. And in both cases, one has to take that leap of faith and try. Even though I doubted my capability in the beginning, Sanjay sir had a belief in his vision and in me which was more than enough for me.”

Even though a section of the audience has been apprehensive of Alia’s casting, the actress has been cheered on the majority ever since her first look poster from the film dropped.

Sanjay Leela Bhansali approached Alia Bhatt to play Gangubai in the film after their plans of working together on Inshallah fell through after Salman Khan opted out of the project in 2019. The role presented the actress in a never seen before avatar and is one of the biggest films of her career.

Gangubai Kathiawadi is based on the social worker and madam of Kamathipura who fought for the rights of sex workers and education for their kids. The film has been inspired from a chapter of author Hussain Zaidi’s book Mafia Queens of Mumbai.

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