In January, mid-day reported that Sanjay Gupta was bringing to screen the story of Mumbai’s drug queen, Shashikala aka Baby Patankar (She took over what was considered male bastion, January 13). Now, as the team is in the final stages of scripting, the filmmaker is roping in advocate Ayaz Khan — who represented Baby Patankar in the ’90s — as a consultant. “When we take notes from Baby Patankar or her family, it is their perspective and bound to be one-sided. There is a flip side to every story. So while we also get the viewpoint of the police and the narcotics bureau officers of that time, one person who knows both sides is the lawyer. In our case, it is Ayaz Khan,” explains Gupta.

Sanjay Gupta and Ayaz Khan