Sanjay Gupta lauds Alia Bhatt’s Gangubai Kathiawadi

Sanjay Gupta lauds Alia Bhatt’s Gangubai Kathiawadi

Renowned filmmaker Sanjay Gupta in the midst of an interview lauded Alia Bhatt for her performance Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s directorial Gangubai Kathiawadi. Gupta went on to reveal that unlike Bhansali, some directors have stopped working hard.

Notedly, Gangubai Kathiawadi was a cinematic masterpiece from the maker’s  illustrious filmography. The film highlighted his unparalleled dedication and talent with its powerful performances, lavish set designs, and meticulous direction that took many of us in old eras.

Alia Bhatt essayed the role of Gangubai Kathiawadi whose character was based on Gangubai Kothewali, a real-life brothel owner and matriarch. Sanjay Gupta very recently went on to claim that Gangubai Kathiawadi reminded him of the 1970s era of movies featuring Amitabh Bachchan.

Sanjay Gupta also mentioned that he had watched Gangubai and he felt he was watching an Amitabh Bachchan film from the 70s.

Sanjay backed his statement with a scene where Alia’s character Gangubai sits in the car with her beloved, Afsaan. The filmmaker acknowledged the way Alia sat there and performed the sequence. The director remarked that some directors have stopped working hard as he added that they are “paying a price” for it.

Talking about the fate of films at the box office, Sanjay Gupta emphasized that the movies won’t be able to earn money if the directors don’t give their 100 per cent effort to their projects. Sanjay continued that he watched his directorial debut film, Aatish: Feel The Fire (1994), with his kids, who are now discovering his movies. Recalling his thoughts, the Jazbaa director shared that he put all his efforts into every sequence of the 1994 movie.

He even cited an example of late filmmaker-actor Feroz Khan helming Qurbani in 1980 and praised directors like Mani Ratnam, Mukul Anand, JP Dutta, and Ram Gopal Varma for their efforts to make films.

Sanjay Gupta was promoting his upcoming production, Visfot, along with Fardeen Khan, who plays one of the leads in the movie. The Kookie Gulati directorial also features, VRiteish Deshmukh in the lead role. It will be released on September 7, 2024.

.News Edit KV Raman