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Her life was documented in the 2011 book, Mafia Queens of Mumbai, by writer and investigative journalist Hussain Zaidi. The 2022 Indian Hindi-language film Gangubai Kathiawadi is based on the life of Gangubai Kothewali and a chapter of Zaidi's book, and directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali with actress Alia Bhatt playing the titular character.
[5] Alpana Chowdhury of Daily News and Analysis mentioned, "From the choice of the women they have portrayed, to the racy style of writing, everything is calculated to make the book a page-turner." [ 6 ] Kankana Basu of The Hindu felt, " Mafia Queens , by virtue of its very stark simplicity is a revelation, a rare treat for the discerning lover ...
Gangubai Kathiawadi is a 2022 Indian Hindi-language biographical crime drama film directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali and produced by Bhansali and Jayantilal Gada.Based on the book Mafia Queens of Mumbai by S. Hussain Zaidi, it tells the story of Gangubai Kathiawadi, a simple girl from Kathiawad who is forced into prostitution and later rises to become a madam and an influential figure in Bombay ...
The Real Lolita, by Sarah Weinman Vladimir Nabokov's novel Lolita is a cultural touchstone, repulsing readers with a story of child abduction and assault, yet keeping them turning the page anyway ...
Although some Indian media, such as India.com (owned by the Zee Media Corporation) have described the book as a biography, [22] the book's author Hussain Zaidi told The Telegraph that "I wouldn't call it a biography because the book focuses on one aspect of his life and we have not touched his personal life or his early life."
The book chronicles the story of notorious Mumbai gangsters like Haji Mastan, Karim Lala, Chhota Rajan, Abu Salem, and primarily Dawood Ibrahim from 1947 to 2011.. Dawood Ibrahim was initiated into crime as a pawn in the hands of the Mumbai police and went on to wipe out the competition and eventually became the Mumbai police's own enemy.
Kohrra is an Indian Punjabi-language crime thriller police procedural television series on Netflix created by Sudip Sharma, Gunjit Chopra, Diggi Sisodia and directed by Randeep Jha [1] [2] Produced under Karnesh Sharma's Clean Slate Films in collaboration with Netflix, the series stars Survinder Vicky, Barun Sobti, Harleen Sethi, Saurav Khurana, Rachel Shelley and Manish Chaudhary in lead roles.
The word possibly comes from the Hindi word guṇḍā (Hindi: गुंडा, "rascal"). [1] [2] There is also the identically-spelled Marathi word with a similar meaning, attested as early as the 17th century, and possibly ultimately having Dravidian roots. [3] Another theory suggests that it originates from the English word "goon".