The Supreme Court on February 23 asked the producers of Gangubai Kathiawadi whether it would be possible to change the film’s title in view of the pending litigations including a defamation case filed against them. A bench headed by Justice Indira Banerjee asked the producers to inform the court by February 24. The apex court was hearing an appeal filed against the stay on the summons issued by a Bombay court in a criminal defamation complaint against the producers and actress Alia Bhatt. The court had passed the order on a plea filed by director Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Alia Bhatt and Hussain Zaidi and Jane Borges on whose book, The Mafia Queens Of Mumbai, the film is based. The suit had been filed by Gangubai’s adopted son, seeking injunction against Bhansali Productions from producing or airing the promo of any film based on the book.
