On February 18, 2022, the much-anticipated Alia Bhatt-starrer Gangubai Kathiawadi, helmed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali, was set to hit theatres. Unfortunately, owing to the third wave of such Covid-19 epidemic, all movies slated to be released in January have been indefinitely postponed. The commerce, as well as industry, anticipated that what a domino effect would cause Gangubai Kathiawadi’s release to be postponed by a few weeks or possibly months. Nevertheless, the movie’s producers astonished everyone today by revealing that the movie will be released in February, but even on February 25.
The film will be released upon that big screen one day after Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s 59th birthday.
On February 24, 1963, Sanjay Leela Bhansali was conceived. Gangubai Kathiawadi is his ninth movie, as well as the second to be released in his birthday month following Black (2005). Black, featuring Amitabh Bachchan as well as Rani Mukerji, was a critically and commercially flop, although it got a lot of praise, earning three National Awards. It would now be interesting to observe if Gangubai Kathiawadi is not only a critical and financial success for such famed filmmaker.
Sanjay Leela Bhansali declared in 2015 that he really does not believe in birthday celebrations. “As youngsters, my sister and I had no birthday celebrations,” SLB says. We’d bring a bag of candy to school and share it with our classmates. That was the end of it. We never had birthday celebrations in our house. We were also not permitted to attend parties. It’s been a tradition for me to be alone on my birthday. And it makes me extremely pleased.”
Sanjay Leela Bhansali, on the other hand, celebrated his birthday with a small party last year. The photo of him with Alia Bhatt, who looked stunning in a white gown, went viral. In 2013, he cut a cake with his friends on his birthday, which was an unusual occurrence.
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