Mumbai Feb 23 PTI The Bombay High Court on Wednesday refused to grant any relief and dismissed three petitions filed seeking deletion of the words Kamathipura Kathiawadi and China from the Hindi movie Gangubai Kathiawadi slated for release on February 25 A division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice M S Karnik was hearing two public interest litigations PILs - filed by city MLA Amin Patel and one Hiten Mehta - and another petition submitted by Shraddha Surve a resident of the Kamathipura area in south Mumbai None of the petitions sought a stay on the release of the movie featuring Bollywood stars Alia Bhatt and Ajay Devgn among others but pleaded that certain objectionable words be deleted or replaced Surve in her petition objected to the use of the areas Kamathipura name in the movie claiming it shows the place in a bad light which may besmirch and defame the residents there Her advocate Yogesh Naidu on Wednesday said the name Kamathipura where a number of brothels operated in the past should be replaced Patel in his plea sought deletion of the words Kamathipura and Kathiawadi from the movie His advocate Dhruti Kapadia argued that use of these words in the film were hurting the sentiments of people Kathiawadi is a community of persons belonging to Gujarats Saurashtra The use of their communitys name is defaming and hurting their sentiments Kapadia argued Kapadia added that Patel the Congress MLA from Mumbadevi has received several letters from residents of Kamathipura seeking for their areas name to be not used in the movie The whole of Kamathipura is not a red light area as depicted in the movie May be a lane or two we are not denying that Kapadia said Mehta in his petition sought deletion or replacement of the word China used by actress Alia Bhatt in a scene of the movie His advocate Ashok Sarogi said the scene shows a dentist from the North East doing some procedure on Bhatts character Senior counsel Ravi Kadam appearing for the films co-producer and director Sanjay Leela Bhansali told the court that all the three petitions are misplaced and misconceived and that there is no intention to defame anyone Kadam said the dentist featuring in the scene where the word China is used is actually shown as a Chinese dentist The movie is set in the 1950s and at that time this area had several dentists from China he told the court There is a disclaimer in the movie stating that the makers do not intend to cause harm or hurt the sentiments of any person or community This disclaimer would be shown for ten seconds Kadam said The petitioners have approached the court at the last minute when all arrangements have been made for the films release in theatres he said The petitions have been filed by just seeing the movies teaser and trailer The movie has been seen by the Censor board and cleared for release Kadam pointed out After hearing the arguments the bench dismissed the petitions and said it will give a detailed order later The Bhansali-directed film based on a chapter from writer S Hussain Zaidis book Mafia Queens of Mumbai features Alia Bhatt as Gangubai one of the most powerful loved and respected madams from Kamathipura during the 1960s PTI SP RSY RSY

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], February 23 (ANI): Dismissing the pleas against Alia Bhatt-starrer movie 'Gangubai Kathiawadi', Bombay High Court on Wednesday issued an order stating that the "film will release on February 25 without any hindrance."

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], February 23 (ANI): Bombay High Court on Wednesday dismissed two petitions against the Alia Bhatt-starrer movie 'Gangubai Kathiawadi' and disposed off another petition against it.

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], February 22 (ANI): Alia Bhatt-starrer 'Gangubai Kathiawadi' has been embroiled in one controversy after other ever since its trailer was released.

Mumbai Feb 22 PTI Maharashtra MLA Amin Patel and a resident of Kamathipura area in south Mumbai have approached the Bombay High Court against the use of the areas name in Bollywood film Gangubai Kathiawadi and sought it to be censored or deleted The petition filed by Shraddha Surve a resident of Kamathipura where a number of brothels operated in the past was mentioned before a division bench of Justices Gautam Patel and Madhav Jamdar on Tuesday seeking urgent hearing as the movie is slated for release on Friday The bench said it would hear the petition on Wednesday Besides a PIL filed by MLA Amin Patel raising a similar objection was mentioned before a division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice M S Karnik which also said it would hear the plea on Wednesday The Sanjay Leela Bhansali-directed film based on a chapter from writer S Hussain Zaidis book Mafia Queens of Mumbai features Alia Bhatt as Gangubai one of the most powerful loved and respected madams from Kamathipura during the 1960s The petition filed by Surve said the movie shows the Kamathipura area in bad light and may besmirch and defame its residents If the movie is allowed to be released with the name Kamathipura then it would cause harm and disrespect to the residents especially women the petition said There should be no reference to the name Kamathipura Let the name be changed to anything elseMayapuri or Mayanagari the plea said Surve also said in the petition that currently not even five per cent of the Kamathipura area is active in prostitution The plea claimed the areas reputation has been lowered after the release of the films trailer since the movie makes wild allegations that are derogatory in nature and portray the entire area as a red-light hub The social impact the movie will cause is that all girl residents will be termed prostitutes teased and taunted and families will have to live with lowered dignity the plea stated Patel in his PIL said he had received several objections from local social service organisations and residents objecting to the portrayal of the neighbourhood as a hub of flesh trade PTI SP GK GK