It is the 13th highest-rated film on the platform according to China’s Global Times. On the Chinese media review platform Douban, the film has a 9.2/10 rating based on 1.18 million user reviews. It was released in China two years after its Indian release. The last time a Bollywood film created such ripples in any country outside India was Aamir Khan’s Three Idiots in 2009. News outlet The Nation Thailand tweeted on 13 May: “Indian film Gangubai Kathiawadi is a surprise big hit in Thailand.”Īlso read: Ram Leela to Gangubai - Bhansali brings back the white. In fact, fabric material ran out because everyone wanted to buy saree like her in the film,” she says. Pommie the scuba instructor, who usually loves action more than drama, says the film is being watched by almost every other woman in Thailand. Since the film is about a sex worker who ruled Mumbai’s biggest red-light district Kamathipura for years, and worked to make it an ‘acceptable’ profession, it is not surprising that the film is a big hit in Thailand. For decades now, it has been at the receiving end of countless jokes and content for Indian stand-up comics, the common refrain being that Indian men go to Bangkok (‘without their wives’) to experience the thriving sex work industry. What stands out as the probable reason for such massive popularity is Thailand’s sex work industry. The video titled ‘I became Indian mafia queen’ has over 40,000 views.Īlso read: Women politicians in Indian cinema emerged with Indira Gandhi. A Thai YouTuber, Maynumpetch, who has 2.5 lakh subscribers, recreated Gangubai’s ‘political’ look. The craze is wildest on TikTok – everyone is either dancing to Dholida or recreating Alia Bhatt’s looks. The video has 4 million views so far.Ī post shared by คุณยายหงส์ทอง□□(ขายรองเท้า) also recreated her all-white ensemble from the film in another post. Rachaya Noppakaroon, a transgender model from Thailand, and her friends created their version of Dholida, which Alia Bhatt shared on her Instagram handle. By that standard, Gangubai is a massive hit. In the world we currently live in, nothing can be truly called a hit unless it has hundreds of reels being made on it. The film resonated enormously with fans in Thailand and became a part of the cultural zeitgeist – from dance covers to recreating looks from the film,” Netflix told ThePrint.Īlso read: Gaalis to chikankari - Gangubai is an Alia Bhatt show in Bhansali’s grand and violent world “The success and fandom for Gangubai Kathiawadi is proof that great stories are universal. Such is the demand that the OTT giant will add Thai dubs for Gangubai Kathiawadi soon. It featured in the Top 10 list of films in Thailand for seven consecutive weeks, said a Netflix publicist. 1 non-English film on the platform globally in a short span of time. Soon after, the film began streaming on Netflix on 26 April and has become the No. How big exactly? Instagram and TikTok are full of reels of Thai women dressing up as Alia Bhatt’s character Gangubai from the film, which released in February this year.
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