Director Sanjay Leela Bhansali has revealed that Alia Bhatt’s boyfriend Ranbir Kapoor complained about her talking and behaving like Gangubai Kathiawadi at home.
Sanjay Leela Bhansali elaborated the transformation of Alia Bhatt for the role in Gangubai Kathiawadi at the Berlin Film Festival as even Ranbir Kapoor complained about her speaking like Gangubai at home, according to Film Fare.
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The actress can be seen speaking in Gujarati and Maharashtrian accent and behaving like a don in the movie’s trailer.
The film director said, “”I think she’s become more Gangubai than Alia in real life. Her boyfriend complains about her speaking like Gangubai at home. It’s just completely becoming one with the character.”
“I didn’t know Alia was such a good dancer. When she danced in Dholida, I thought here was an actor who’d finally transcended. It’s a very gooseflesh moment for me to even talk about it and think about it – that you transcend where you are, you forget all space, you forget where you are, you forget who’s in front of you, cameras, what you look like, what you feel.”
“She just became one with that character and expressed all her angst and all that she had gone through in that one song. It’s a song that I will take to my grave. If there is any shot that I want to be played when I breathe my last – it would be Alia doing that shot because it is completely the best thing that I have seen an actor do in a very, very long time.”
Gangubai Kathiawadi revolves around the story of a real-life mafia queen from 60s Bombay, is selected under the category Berlinale Special.
The film will be starring Ajay Devgn, Vijay Raaz and others that will hit the threatres on February 25.