Alia Bhatt's 'Gangubai Kathiawadi' Scores Century At The Worldwide Box Office

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Mumbai, March 3 - It has been a dream comeback for Alia Bhatt on the big screen with "Gangubai Kathiawadi", after taking a direct-to-digital route for her previous movie, "Sadak 2".

Directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali, "Gangubai Kathiawadi" has become the first Bollywood, and third Indian movie of 2022 to score a century at the worldwide box office. It has been unstoppable at the box office since its launch on February 25 and scored the milestone in just 6 days.



On Wednesday, the biographical drama film earned Rs. 6.21 crores net at the Indian box office, pushing total domestic cume to Rs. 63.53 crores net (Rs. 75 crores gross). Overseas, it has so far grossed approx. Rs. 26 crores, helping the film's worldwide total to reach Rs. 101 crores, becoming the 9th film for Alia to reach the milestone.

"Gangubai Kathiawadi" is currently Alia Bhatt's 10th highest-grossing film at the domestic box office. It will cross "Dear Zindagi" (Rs. 68.45 cr.), "Student Of The Year" (Rs. 70 cr.), "Kapoor & Sons" (Rs. 73.22 cr.), "Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania" (Rs. 76.81 cr.), and possibly "Kalank" (Rs. 84.6 cr.) by the end of the second weekend to become the 5th biggest grosser for the Alia.

The film has crossed the lifetime net total of "Secret Superstar" (Rs. 63.4 cr.) which is the 4th highest-grossing Indian movie of all time at the worldwide box office with Rs. 912.75 crores, to become the 168th biggest Hindi film. In the all-time biggest Hindi movie list (Net collection), "Gangubai Kathiawadi" is expected to reach number 151 at the end of the first week.



The movie is based on the book Mafia Queens of Mumbai by S. Hussain Zaidi. The narrative walks through the life of young Ganga who in no time marks her own territory and becomes Gangubai – a madame in the red light area of Kamathipura.

Produced by Bhansali Productions, and Pen India Limited, the film stars Alia Bhatt as the titular character while Shantanu Maheshwari, Vijay Raaz, Indira Tiwari, and Seema Pahwa play pivotal roles with Ajay Devgn featuring in an extended cameo appearance.

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