<p>The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a plea to restrain Bhansali Productions from releasing Alia Bhatt-starrer '<em>Gangubai Kathiawadi</em>' for allegedly containing defamatory material against the family of the protagonist.</p>.<p>A bench of Justices Indira Banerjee and J K Maheshwari dismissed the petition filed by Gangubai's adopted son Babuji Rawji Shah against the Bombay High Court order.</p>.<p>The film, made on the life of a young girl who started as a sex worker and rose to become Madame in the red light area, is set to be released on Friday. </p>.<p>The filmmaker's counsel claimed the movie was not derogatory at all, rather it glorified Gangubai. They also submitted that there is also a statue in her name.</p>.<p>They said that the movie has been promoted for more than seven months, and it is all over social media. </p>.<p>On Wednesday, the bench sought to know if it was possible to change the title.</p>.<p>Responding to the court's query, the filmmaker's counsel said it was not possible just days before the release.</p>.<p>In his plea, filed through lawyers Arun Kumar Sinha and Rakesh Singh, Gangubai's adopted son claimed that the novel and the movie tarnished the image of his mother and the family.</p>.<p>The statements made in the plaint satisfied the ingredients of defamation, it said.</p>.<p>His counsel said the High Court ought to have granted temporary injunction against printing, promoting, selling, assigning, etc, the novel namely, '<em>The Mafia Queens of Mumbai'</em> or the film namely '<em>Gangubai Kathiawadi</em>'.</p>.<p>The High Court had stayed the summons issued by a Mumbai court in a criminal defamation complaint against actress Alia Bhatt, the producers of '<em>Gangubai Kathiawadi</em>', and authors of the novel, S Hussain Zaidi and Jane Borges.</p>.<p><strong>Check out DH's latest videos:</strong></p>
<p>The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a plea to restrain Bhansali Productions from releasing Alia Bhatt-starrer '<em>Gangubai Kathiawadi</em>' for allegedly containing defamatory material against the family of the protagonist.</p>.<p>A bench of Justices Indira Banerjee and J K Maheshwari dismissed the petition filed by Gangubai's adopted son Babuji Rawji Shah against the Bombay High Court order.</p>.<p>The film, made on the life of a young girl who started as a sex worker and rose to become Madame in the red light area, is set to be released on Friday. </p>.<p>The filmmaker's counsel claimed the movie was not derogatory at all, rather it glorified Gangubai. They also submitted that there is also a statue in her name.</p>.<p>They said that the movie has been promoted for more than seven months, and it is all over social media. </p>.<p>On Wednesday, the bench sought to know if it was possible to change the title.</p>.<p>Responding to the court's query, the filmmaker's counsel said it was not possible just days before the release.</p>.<p>In his plea, filed through lawyers Arun Kumar Sinha and Rakesh Singh, Gangubai's adopted son claimed that the novel and the movie tarnished the image of his mother and the family.</p>.<p>The statements made in the plaint satisfied the ingredients of defamation, it said.</p>.<p>His counsel said the High Court ought to have granted temporary injunction against printing, promoting, selling, assigning, etc, the novel namely, '<em>The Mafia Queens of Mumbai'</em> or the film namely '<em>Gangubai Kathiawadi</em>'.</p>.<p>The High Court had stayed the summons issued by a Mumbai court in a criminal defamation complaint against actress Alia Bhatt, the producers of '<em>Gangubai Kathiawadi</em>', and authors of the novel, S Hussain Zaidi and Jane Borges.</p>.<p><strong>Check out DH's latest videos:</strong></p>
