Young Ganga is sold to a brothel in Mumbai in the 1950s. She goes on to become the feared Gangubai - the Matriarch of Kamathipura - champion of female emancipation and advocate of rights for sex workers in a chauvinist and narrow-minded society.
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At times, the level of spectacle in Bollywood biopic Gangubai Kathwiadi offers such pure cinematic pleasure that one can easily and readily forgive many of the film’s underlying issues.| Read in full: Gangubai Kathiawadi film review We Love Cinema
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From classics to cult favourites, our team highlight some of the best one-off screenings and re-releases showing this week in the capital
From classics to cult favourites, our team highlight some of the best one-off screenings and re-releases showing this week in the capital
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From classics to cult favourites, our team highlight some of the best one-off screenings and re-releases showing this week in the capital
