Sanjay Leela Bhansali Movies

Gangubai Kathiawadi music review: Sanjay Leela Bhansali harnesses unsaid emotions and sets them to memorable tunes

From the six songs in the album of Gangubai Kathiawadi, the poignant ones are leaps ahead of the dance numbers even though the latter will command more airplay.

Sanjay Leela Bhansali on completing 25 years in Bollywood: I'm much more in control of my craft now

Sanjay Leela Bhansali says Alia Bhatt's Gangubai Kathiawadi is his most personal film yet. "I spent the first 30 years of my living just one lane away from Kamathipura. Every flavour, colour, and texture that I remembered from my childhood has gone into this film."

Sanjay Leela Bhansali opens up on Gangubai Kathiawadi's warm reception at Berlinale: 'Deeply moved'

"Gangubai Kathiawadi is set in Mumbai of the 1960s, a very specific culture. But the Berlin audience saw the film the way we wanted it to be seen: as a humane, emotional, warm, and funny story of a woman who lived life on her own terms," says Bhansali.

Alia Bhatt and Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Gangubai Kathiawadi heading to Berlinale 2022 for world premiere

Gangubai Kathiawadi is a crime-drama, adapted from one of the chapters of noted author Hussain Zaidi's book, Mafia Queens of Mumbai. After the 2019 musical drama Gully Boy, the upcoming film marks Bhatt's second outing at the Berlinale.

Sanjay Leela Bhansali on his new album Sukoon: 'I always wanted to be recognised as a music composer'

Sanjay Leela Bhansali talks about musical inspirations, fellow filmmakers who also composed their own music, and new album Sukoon, that is "ghazals made accessible for the millennials."