Inshallah Might Be Shelved But Alia Bhatt Will Start Working With Sanjay Leela Bhansali Soon On Gangubai

In the last few weeks, Inshallah has become, perhaps, the most talked-about Bollywood project. With all the controversies surrounding the film, it was Alia Bhatt who was most upset about losing the opportunity to work with Sanjay Leela Bhansali. However, looks like Alia is finally getting to work with the director.

Despite Inshallah being shelved, reports suggest that Alia will soon start working on the film tentatively titled Hira Mandi with SLB. The film will be bases on Mumbai’s known underworld figure Gangubai Kothewali and has been adapted from a chapter from Hussain Zaidi’s book Mafia Queens of Mumbai.  Since Bhansali already had Alia’s dates for Inshallah, he decided to leave Inshallah aside and focus on Gangubai instead.

According to reports, Bhansali is waiting for the Shraddh to end and the pre-production of the film is supposed to commence from October while the project will go on floor in February. Earlier, Priyanka Chopra was said to be doing the project, but it is Alia who would be playing the role,

For the uninitiated, Gangubai is the madame of one of the biggest brothels in Kamathipura and was known to have some of the most significant names of Mumbai underworld as her client. This would be the first time that Alia will be seen in a role like this.