It’s official: Alia Bhatt to star in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s ‘Gangubai Kathiawadi’

After Salman Khan and Alia Bhatt starrer, ‘Inshallah’ got shelved, there were speculations as to when will Sanjay Leela Bhansali will announce his next project. Well, fans can now heave a sigh of relief as SLB’s next project has been confirmed and it stars none other than Alia Bhatt. The highly anticipated film is titled ‘Gangubai Kathiawadi’.

Alia Bhatt took to her social media to officially announce and confirm the project. Her tweet read, “A name you’ve heard a story you haven’t. #GangubaiKathiawadi. This ones going to be special!! Directed by #SanjayLeelaBhansali, releasing 11 September 2020.”

A name you’ve heard a story you haven’t. #GangubaiKathiawadi ❤ This ones going to be special!!
Directed by #SanjayLeelaBhansali, releasing 11 September 2020. @bhansali_produc @prerna982 @PenMovies @jayantilalgada

— Alia Bhatt (@aliaa08) October 16, 2019

Alia was initially supposed to work with Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Salman Khan in ‘Inshallah’ but unfortunately, things did not work out. Bhansali productions had even announced on Twitter about not going ahead with the said project, and their tweet read, “Bhansali Productions has decided to not go ahead with In-shaa-Allah for now… Further announcement will be out soon… God willing.”

Now Alia and Bhansali are finally coming together for another project named ‘Gangubai Kathiawadi’. As per the book, ‘Mafia Queens of Mumbai’, Gangubai Kathewali was the matriarch of Kamathipura in Mumbai.

‘Gangubai Kathiawadi’ will hit the silver screens on September 11 next year. Aren’t you guys excited about this film?

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