GANGUBAI KATHIAWADI is the story of a woman’s journey from being a prostitute to being a messiah of the oppressed. The story begins in the early 50s. Ganga Harjivandas (Alia Bhatt) is a resident of Kathiawad. Ganga wants to be an actress and her boyfriend, Ramneek (Varun Kapoor), tells her that he’ll help her bag a role in a big Hindi film. She runs away with him to Bombay. In Bombay, he takes her to a brothel, run by Sheela (Seema Pahwa). This is when Ganga is told that Ramneek has sold her to Sheela for Rs. 1,000. After she sleeps with her first client, something changes in her. She renames herself Gangu. In no time, she becomes rebellious, much against the will of Sheela. Soon, Sheela passes away and Gangu takes over the business. She realizes that she needs to win the elections of the Kamathipura Association to turn the ride of the 4,000 sex workers residing in the red light area. However, doing so won’t be a cakewalk. Gangubai’s opponent is none other than the very powerful Razia Bai (Vijay Raaz). What happens next forms the rest of the film.

Gangubai Kathiawadi Cast & Crew

• Banner

  • Sanjay Leela Bhansali Films
     
  • Pen India Ltd.
     

• Status

  • Released

• Release Date

  • 25 February, 2022

• Genre

  • Biographical
  • Drama

• Producer

  • Sanjay Leela Bhansali
     
  • Jayantilal Gada
     

• Star Cast

  • Alia Bhatt ... Gangubai
     
  • Ajay Devgn ... Rahim Lala
     
  • Shantanu Maheshwari ... Afsaan
     
  • Vijay Raaz ... Raziabai
     
  • Jim Sarbh ... Journalist Amin Faizi
     
  • Seema Pahwa ... Sheela
     
  • Varun Kapoor ... Ramnik
     
  • Indira Tiwari ... Kamli
     
  • Rahul Vohra ... Prime Minister
     
  • Huma Qureshi ... Item Number
     
  • Anmol Kajani ... Birju
     
  • Prashant Kumar ... Badri
     
  • Raza Murad ... Lala's Guest
     
  • Chhaya Kadam ... Rashmibai
     
  • Mitali Jagtap ... Kusum
     
  • Pallavi Vijay Jadhav ... Rama
     
  • Kruti Saxena ... Nimmi
     
  • Sonal Sagore ... Banno
     
  • Lata S. Singh ... Lata
     
  • Ekta Shri ... Ekta
     
  • Abhirami Bose ... Abhirami
     
  • Chum Durang ... Chum
     
  • Baldev Trehan ... Tailor
     
  • Jahangir Khan ... Shaukat Khan Pathan
     
  • Faiz Khan ... Liyakat
     

• Background Music

  • Sanchit Balhara
     
  • Ankit Balhara
     

• Choreographers

  • Kruti Mahesh
     

• Costume Designer

  • Sheetal Sharma
     

• Publicity PRO

  • Universal Communications
     
  • Parag Desai
     

• Censor Details:

  • Censor Dates

    • 2021/12/30

  • Censor Certificate No

    • DIL/2/289/2022

  • Runtime

    • 2h 36min

  • Certification

    • U/A

• Co-Producer

  • Prerna Singh
     
  • Reshmaa Kadakia
     
  • Dhaval Jayantilal Gada
     
  • Akshay Jayantilal Gada
     

• Music Director

  • Sanjay Leela Bhansali
     

• Language

  • Hindi

• Director

  • Sanjay Leela Bhansali
     

• Lyricist

  • A.M. Turaz
     
  • Kumaar
     

• Editor

  • Sanjay Leela Bhansali
     

• Cinematographer

  • Sudeep Chatterjee
     

• Screenplay

  • Sanjay Leela Bhansali
     
  • Utkarshini Vashishtha
     

• Dialogue

  • Utkarshini Vashishtha
     
  • Prakash Kapadia
     

• Publicity Design

  • Rahul Nanda
     
  • Himanshu Nanda
     
  • H One
     

• Shooting Location(City & Country)

  • India

• Sound

  • Sanal George
     

• Music Company

  • Saregama-HMV
     

• Production Designer

  • Subrata Chakraborty
     
  • Amit Ray
     

• Casting Director

  • Shruti Mahajan
     

• Action Director

  • Sham Kaushal
     

• Playback Singers

  • Jahnvi Shrimankar
     
  • Shail Hada
     
  • Shreya Ghoshal
     
  • Neeti Mohan
     
  • Archana Gore
     
  • Tarannum M Jain
     
  • Dipti Rege
     
  • Aditi Pradhudesai
     
  • Arijit Singh