MUMBAI: Gangubai Kathiawadi is indeed one of the biggest movies of the coming days, ever since the project was announced fans were eagerly waiting to see the actress Alia Bhatt in a never seen before avatar and the teaser was immensely loved by the fans upon its release.
And now the shoot of the movie Gangubai Kathiyawadi has been completed, Looking back at the two-year journey, Bhansali says, “We began shooting on 27 December 2019. We had to stop shooting in March 2020 due to Covid .We were supposed to release the film in October 2029. We finally wrapped up shooting last month on June 26.”
The epic movie maker, often compared with cinema’s greatest including Raj Kapoor, V Shantaram, David Lean and Baz Luhrman. So has this been the most difficult film to shoot for him?
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Bhansali, whose Padmaavat was shot in the midst of rising protests by fringe groups accusing the filmmaker of distorting history saod, “I don’t know if it was the most difficult. Because each of my films brings its own share of agony,” Adding further he said, “It was crazy! Through all of it, I was more worried about my mother and happy that she was with me. I don’t know how I’d have survived without her at my side. She kept saying, ‘Mere bete ke saath aisa kyon ho raha hai? Woh itni achchi filmein banata hai’. My mother was my pillar of strength.”
The director whom many, including yours truly, consider the finest living filmmaker of India feels the obstacles that come in the way of his creativity help him to grow as a filmmaker. “Sometimes I feel the hurdles and obstacles are God’s ways of making me stronger as a person and filmmaker. Every time my underproduction film was attacked I used my pain and suffering as an impetus to work better.During the havoc that Covid played with the shooting schedules of Gangubai Kathiwadi, I channelised all my anxiety into giving the best possible shape to my vision. I think suffering has always been an incentive for my creativity.”
SOURCE – SPOTBOYE
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