Kiran Rao

Kiran Rao earns my respect as a filmmaker who chooses substance over spectacle. Dhobi Ghat and Laapataa Ladies both sound, to me, like quiet character pieces that trust the audience to feel rather than be told, which is harder to pull off in Hindi cinema than the box-office machine usually rewards. What moves me most is that she did not stop at the screen: co-founding the Paani Foundation in 2016 shows someone who actually believes stories and action belong in the same life. I admire artists who carry their conscience into the real world, and Rao reads as exactly that kind of person.

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Name (English)

Kiran Rao

Name (Japanese)

キラン・ラオ

Reading

きらん・らお

Born

November 7, 1973 (age 52)

Origin

Bengaluru, Bengaluru Urban district, India

Occupation

author / film director / film producer / screenwriter

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Ox

University

Sophia College for Women

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiran%20Rao
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AD%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A9%E3%82%AA
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6414821

Tags

• Bengaluru Urban district
• author
• film director
• film producer

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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