Kiran Rao, is originally from Hungerford Street, Kolkata. She was born on November 9th, in 1974. She did her schooling from Loreto House and then La Martiniere for Girls, Kolkata. She is very fluent in Bengali.
Kiran Rao started off as an assistant director in Gowariker’s Lagaan. The movie was nominated in the Best Foreign Film category in the 74th Academy Awards. Incidentally, she met hubby Aamir Khan on the sets of Lagaan. She was also an assistant director on Swades- We the People (2004), Saathiya (2002) and Mira Nair’s Monsoon Wedding.
Kiran and Aamir tied the knot in 2005, December 28th in a civil ceremony in Bandra. Later they had a reception in Panchgani, which is where she met Aamir Khan and they fell in love. More than 200 people, including Rani Mukerji, Sachin Tendulkar, Deepa and Ketan Mehta, Tanvi and Baba Azmi attended the ceremony. Aamir’s children Junaid and Ira, from his first spouse Rina Dutta, were also present.
Kiran turned associate producer with Aamir’s home production Taare Zameen Par in 2007. She has gone on to produce Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na and Peepli Live. She even handled the promotional events for Peepli Live.
Kiran Rao turned director with Dhobi Ghat. The movie stars Monica Dogra, Prateik Babbar and Aamir Khan himself. The movie premiered at the 35th Toronto International Film Festival, worldwide. The movie won great reviews but failed to woo the masses.
Kiran Rao is a big fan of alternative cinema and world movies. Her favourites include Japanese director Akira Kurosawa.
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Here we bring to you the trailer of Kiran Rao’s award winning and highly applauded movie, ‘Ship Of Theseus’ directed by Anand Gandhi. The film is a masterpiece in terms of content, cinematography, acting and picturization. The film discovers injustice, passion, beauty, cheating and death. ‘ ... read more
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Last Aamir Khan’s former wife Reena Dutta was spotted at his son Azad’s first birthday and now again Reena was seen at a special event of her ex-husband Aamir Khan. Aamir Khan debut movie, ‘Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak’ completed 25 years and on this special occasion, a special screening of the movie w ... read more
Anil and Tina Ambani threw a grand party in the honor of ace Hollywood director Steven Spielberg who visited India to celebrate the success of his movie ‘Lincoln’. The party was attended by bigwigs of Bollywood. After an interviewing session hosted by Amitabh Bachchan, a party was thrown at Amban ... read more
There is a great buzz about the Fashion Week that is coming up this time. It is going to be organized by the Swadesh foundation of Zarine Mehta. There are going to be quite a few things that are going to highlight the evening. First and foremost, the evening will be seeing none other than Kiran R ... read more
Hollywood ace director Steven Spielberg is in India to share the success of Oscar winning movie ‘Lincoln’ with the Indians and a grand welcome party was arranged by industrialists Anil Ambani and his wife Tina Ambani. The catchiest moment of the event was Amitabh Bachchan’s rendezvous with Steven ... read more
Aamir Khan is shooting in Switzerland for Yash Raj banner ‘Dhoom 3’ and so like every year, the birthday boy won’t be able to celebrate and cut cakes with family and friends back home. As the schedule of ‘Dhoom 3’ is going tight, he is not likely to fly down to his wife and son. A source s ... read more
