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Gangubai Kathiawadi is an upcoming Hindi movie based on the real-life story of Gangubai Kathiawadi . Famous Indian author and former investigative journalist S. Hussain Zaidi wrote a novel called Mafia Queens of Mumbai in 2011 in which he writes about Ganga’s life.

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• Gangubai was the only child of her parents. As she was brought up in a well-settled family, her every desire to get satisfied through her parents.</
• Gangubai Kathiawadi’s Birthplace – Kathiawad
• Gangubai Kathiawadi’s Full Name – Ganga Harjeevandas Kathiawadi
• Gangubai Kathiawadi’s Date of Birth – 1939
• Gangubai Kathiawadi’s Educational Qualification – 12th from Government School in Kathiawar
• Ganga’s father and brothers were very strict about her education which was unusual for rural families in 1940.
• Ganga was not interested in education, she got attracted to the Film industry and want to do acting. For this, she wants to go to Mumbai where she can get her desire.
• She loved watching Hindi movies and Asha Parekh, Hema Malini, and Meena Kumari are her favorite actress from Bollywood.
• She knows that her father’s accountant Ramnik Lal had spent a few years in Mumbai. So she started to discuss her dreams with Ramnik and later fall in love with him.
• Ramnik promised Ganga to get her a role in films through his contacts in Mumbai. Also, he asked her to marry him. And she agreed to marry him as she loves him and he promised her about giving a role in films.
• Ganga knew that her parents will not allow marrying Ramnik and her choice of career, so Ganga accepted Ramnik’s proposal to leave her house and go to Mumbai with him.
• One day before going to Mumbai Ganga and Ramnik got married secretly in a temple in Kathiawad.
• Gangubai Kathiawadi’s Husband Name – Ramnik Lal
• Gangubai Kathiawadi got married to Ramnik Lal at the age of 16. That time Ramnik was 28 years old.
• Gangubai Kathiawadi’s Marriage Location – A temple in Kathiawad
• After coming to Mumbai they stayed in a lodge and for the next few days, they traveled around the city with the money Ganga stolen from her house.
• After all that Ramnik sold Ganga to a brothel owner named Sheela for 500rs.
• Then, she forcefully became a sex worker. At that time she was just 16 years old.
• She knew that her family will not accept her back and she has no other option than staying in the brothel for her lifetime.
• That’s how Ganga became Gangubai.
• In the brothel, she got raped and hasn’t paid by a man who was associated with Karim Lala Gang. To complain about that man Gangu went to Karim Lala where he promised to help her in this matter so Gangubai tied rakhi on Karim Lala’s hand.

• Gangubai was a hardcore gambler and she used to smoke bidies.
• Famous Indian author and former investigative journalist S. Hussain Zaidi wrote a novel called Mafia Queens of Mumbai in 2011 in which he writes about Ganga’s life.
• Gangubai Kathiawadi is an upcoming biographical film. This film is written and directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali. 

Details about Gangubai Kathiawadi movie

Directors – Sanjay Leela Bhansali

Producers – Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Jayantilal Gada
Writer – Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Utkarshini Vashishtha
Story – Hussain Zaidi
Stars – Alia Bhatt
Music by – Sanjay Leela Bhansali
Score – Sanchit Balhara, Ankit Balhara
Cinematography – Sudeep Chatterjee
Edited by – Rajesh G. Pandey
Production company – Bhansali Productions and Pen India Limited
Distributed by – Pen Marudhar Entertainment
Release date – 11 September 2020 (India)
Country – India
Language – Hindi