{"id":455330,"date":"2026-06-01T11:11:20","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T11:11:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/455330\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T11:11:20","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T11:11:20","slug":"kiran-rao-after-laapataa-ladies-kiran-rao-wishes-she-were-rohit-shetty-hes-editing-one-film-hes-directing-the-next-and-promoting-the-third-hindi-movie-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/455330\/","title":{"rendered":"Kiran Rao: After ‘Laapataa Ladies’, Kiran Rao wishes ‘she were Rohit Shetty’: ‘ He\u2019s editing one film, he\u2019s directing the next and promoting the third’ | Hindi Movie News"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"AfterAfter a 13-year gap, Kiran Rao returned with ‘Laapataa Ladies’ and is now working on multiple projects, including a supernatural horror, a noir, and a comedy-drama. She admits being overly cautious has slowed her down, wishes she could match Rohit Shetty’s pace, and names Nagraj Manjule as her favourite filmmaker. After a 13-year hiatus following \u2018Dhobi Ghat\u2019, Kiran Rao<\/a> made her much-anticipated return to filmmaking with \u2018Laapataa Ladies\u2019, and she has no intention of disappearing behind the camera for that long again. Despite her deep passion for directing, she openly acknowledges that an overly cautious approach has often stood in her way. Having devoted the last decade to championing independent cinema, Kiran is now making up for lost time by simultaneously working on several projects spanning vastly different genres, including a supernatural horror story, a dark noir, and a comedy-drama cut from the same cloth as \u2018Laapataa Ladies\u2019.<\/p>\n

Kiran Rao: \u2018I wish I was Rohit Shetty\u2019<\/p>\n

In a conversation with Variety India, Kiran talked about a long gap between \u2018Dhobi Ghat\u2019 and \u2018Laapataa Ladies\u2019 and said, \u201cObviously, I want to just keep directing. Every director just wants to go from film to film. I wish I was Rohit Shetty. Like, literally, while he\u2019s editing one film, he\u2019s directing the next film and promoting the third. If I had the confidence to just do that and not be so worried about the outcome, I would make many more films. But I\u2019m sort of almost too careful about the viability of a project, the story and what I want to say. This is something that everyone should think about because films take a lot of resources, they\u2019re not just nothing. I try to be mindful of that. But yes, I\u2019d love to make many more films.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kiran Rao opens up about her upcoming films<\/p>\n

She revealed, \u201cI\u2019m working on four or five different projects. The first is sort-of a genre film. I\u2019m quite excited about that. It\u2019s kind of supernatural-horror \u2014 my version. Then there\u2019s a kind-of sort-of noir film, which is, sort of social commentary-ish. And then there\u2019s one that\u2019s a little more \u2018\u2018Laapataa\u2019\u2019-esque, which is kind of a comedy drama. So, there are these three films that we\u2019re simultaneously writing. There are a couple of shows, too, but I\u2019m really not sure about this whole show thing. I\u2019ve never gotten into it. It\u2019s not a format I know well, especially working with other people… I\u2019ve been very spoiled in that sense. Aamir Khan<\/a> Productions gave me complete freedom to do what I want, and I don\u2019t know whether I\u2019d work so well with people giving me notes for everything.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kiran Rao names her favourite filmmaker<\/p>\n

When asked about filmmakers who successfully balance artistic integrity with audience entertainment, Kiran didn’t hesitate. Kiran said, \u201cI think Nagraj Manjule<\/a> does it brilliantly. He\u2019s my favourite filmmaker. I absolutely love him.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kiran Rao and Aamir Khan: From marriage to co-parenting<\/p>\n

Kiran Rao tied the knot with actor Aamir Khan in 2005, but after 16 years together, the couple announced their separation in 2021. Despite parting ways romantically, they remain committed to raising their son Azad together.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After a 13-year gap, Kiran Rao returned with ‘Laapataa Ladies’ and is now working on multiple projects, including…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":455331,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[7832,156,231525,39088,143839,409,231526,111,139,69,31449],"class_list":["post-455330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-aamir-khan","tag-entertainment","tag-independent-cinema","tag-kiran-rao","tag-laapataa-ladies","tag-movies","tag-nagraj-manjule","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-rohit-shetty"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/455330","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=455330"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/455330\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/455331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=455330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=455330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=455330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}