New Delhi: It was an impressive evening for Sanjay Leela Bhansali whose movie Gangubai Kathiadwadi made a clear sweep at a number one award operate final evening. With a whopping 16 nominations and 10 awards.
The record contains Best Film (Gangubai Kathiawadi), Best Director (Sanjay Leela Bhansali), Best Actor In A Leading Role (Female), (Alia Bhatt), Best Dialogue, (Prakash Kapadia, Utkarshini Vashishtha), Best Background Score, (Sanchit Balhara and Ankit Balhara), Best Choreography, (Kruti Mahesh (Dholida- Gangubai Kathiawadi), Best Cinematography, (Sudeep Chatterjee), Best Costume Design, (Sheetal Iqbal Sharma), Best Production Design, (Subrata Chakraborty And Amit Ray) and the Special RD Burman Award for Upcoming Music Talent, Janhvi Shrimankar (Dholida- Gangubai Kathiawadi), the movie was by far probably the most celebrated of the evening.
Reacting to the movie’s huge wins, Sanjay Leela Bhansali, “It’s a great moment for us. It’s a great day for us and I feel all our hard work has finally paid off. It’s a film we believed in and I’m very happy I made the film. I’m very happy Alia acted in the film and Ajay Devgn and all the other great actors who have acted in the film and all the technicians…it’s a very happy moment for all of us. We have worked all through the lockdown and COVID so it’s always special.”
After premiering on the 72nd Berlin International Film Festival final yr, Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s ‘Gangubai Kathiawadi’ went on to change into the primary bonafide Hindi-language blockbuster in 2022.
In its theatrical run ‘Gangubai Kathiawadi’ grossed ₹153.69 core on the home field workplace and ₹209.77 globally rising as a large business success – What made this feat much more outstanding is that the chances had been stacked towards the movie. The most blatant being audiences’ reluctance to look at movies in theatres because of the pandemic, the truth that cinema halls noticed solely 50% occupancy and that Gangubai was headlined by a feminine star, whose movies don’t conventionally carry out the identical numbers as these pushed by their male counterparts.
It additionally went on to change into one of many most-watched Hindi movies on OTT, talking volumes for its recognition and attraction not simply on home-turf however abroad.
Considering all its achievements this yr, be it the rave critiques, excellent field workplace numbers and the various hurdles it overcame to emerge profitable, it’s secure to say that ‘Gangubai Kathiawadi’ was probably the most liked Hindi movies of all time and the 10 awards the movie swept final evening solely reaffirm that.
