Alia Bhatt Features In Guardian Best Performances List For 'Gangubai Kathiwadi'

Alia Bhatt has made great strides in her career since she made her acting debut in Karan Johar's 2012 Student of the Year. Today, one more feather added to her crown. An international publication named her performance in Gangubai Kathiawadi as one of the year's "greatest performances." She responded to the announcement by posting it on social media.

A new ranking of the best and worst movie performances ever was published by The Guardian, as per their writers. Tom Hanks, Cameron Diaz, Lupita Nyong'o, and Jennifer Lawrence were all mentioned in the list, along with Alia Bhatt.

Gangubai Kathiwadi is based on S. Hussain Zaidi's book Mafia Queens of Mumbai and depicts the journey of Gangu, who was sold into a brothel in Kamathipura, Mumbai. In the movie, Bhatt played Gangu, who evolved into a brothel madam who campaigns for sex workers' rights.

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Regarding Bhatt, the article's author, Mike McCahill wrote, "As the real-life figure of Ganga Harjivandas, the self-improving sex slave who became queen of Mumbai’s 1960s red-light district, Bhatt makes complete emotional sense of a rollercoaster character arc. Her extraordinarily expressive dancing in drum number Dholida tells its own story: veering from communal celebration to personal desolation, it’s a walloping three-minute tabulation of everything this woman has gained and lost."

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Alia Bhatt reposted the article with emoji of a happy smile in response to the praises. Sanjay Leela Bhansali's film Gangubai Kathiawadi has widely praised abroad when it was released earlier this year. Within a week of its debut, Gangubai Kathiawadi rose to the top spot among non-English movies on Netflix. The film got 13.81 million viewing hours in a single week and made its top 10 debuts in 25 different countries, including Canada, the UK, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, and the United Arab Emirates.

Bhatt was last seen in Brahmastra with her husband, Ranbir Kapoor, and Amitabh Bachchan. Her next films include Heart of Stone, her Hollywood debut, which stars Gal Gadot; and Jee Le Zaraa, which stars Katrina Kaif and Priyanka Chopra. She will also be seen in Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani, with Ranveer Singh.