Updated On: 30 September, 2021 03:43 PM IST | Mumbai | ANI
Helmed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali, the upcoming project is based on the book `Mafia Queens of Mumbai` written by S Hussain Zaidi, and will showcase the rise of a girl named Gangubai Kothewali, a brothel owner and matriarch from Kathiawad

Alia Bhatt in Gangubai Kathiawadi, Picture Courtesy: Mid-day Archives
Alia Bhatt`s much-awaited film `Gangubai Kathiawadi` will release in theatres on January 6, 2022.
Helmed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali, the upcoming project is based on the book `Mafia Queens of Mumbai` written by S Hussain Zaidi, and will showcase the rise of a girl named Gangubai Kothewali, a brothel owner and matriarch from Kathiawad who had no choice but to embrace the ways of destiny and swing it in her favour.