India’s Maharashtra Congress MLA Amin Patel on Monday demanded that the title of Sanjay Leela Bhansali's upcoming film Gangubai Kathiawadi be changed, reported the Times of India.
The MLA argued that the title maligns the name of Kathiawad city. Featuring Alia Bhatt as Gangubai, the film is based on arguably the most powerful, loved and respected woman in the 60s of Kamathipura, Mumbai's red-light area.
Speaking in the state Assembly, Patel, who represents the Mumbadevi constituency in south Mumbai, said that since the time the film depicts, Kamathipura area has undergone changes.
"It is not the same like it was in 1950s. Women there are excelling in different professions. The film's title also maligns the name of Kathiawad city. The name of the film should be changed," said the MLA, whose party is an ally of the Shiv Sena-led Maharashtra government.
He went on to urge the state government to intervene into the matter.
The film, which is slated to release in theatres countrywide on July 30, has been adapted from one of the chapters of noted author Hussain Zaidi's book Mafia Queens of Mumbai.
Bhansali is co-producing the film with producer Jayantilal Gada's Pen India Limited.
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