Over the past few months, as the city of Mumbai went to sleep, the lights in Film City would come on for Sanjay Leela Bhansali who shot his passion project, Gangubai Kathiawadi, in the late hours of the night. Now that the exhaustive night schedule of the Alia Bhatt-starrer is over, the filmmaker is raring to kick off the day stint that will cover a crucial chapter in Gangubai Kothewali’s life. It is heard that the production design team has constructed an additional set, close to the existing set-up at the Goregaon studio.

“The upcoming stint will apparently focus on early 1960 when those living in the vicinity of Kamathipura wanted the red-light belt evacuated. Gangubai had spearheaded the movement against the evacuation of sex workers. The film’s team has erected a small set at Joker Maidan in Film City, complete with a dais and a wide open space for rallies, as Alia’s character will be seen delivering speeches, and hosting marches,” says a source. Bhatt was to shoot the sequences last week, but the plan was marred by the sudden showers in the city. mid-day reached out to Bhansali’s team, which did not respond till press time.