Kiran Rao, the filmmaker whose movie Laapataa Ladies has been chosen as India’s official submission for the Oscars, has revealed how she integrated the “everyday struggles women face at different stages of their lives into the story” while talking about introducing fresh cast in the movie in a conversation with India Today.
Kiran stated, “We felt that keeping the story rooted and organic would make it far more believable and enjoyable. I think that’s one of the key reasons the audience responded so well to it. With a completely fresh cast, people didn’t recognise the actors, allowing them to forget and fully immerse themselves in the world of the film. That worked in our favour.”
The director explained that her team had to put in a lot of thought about how to display the struggles faced by women at different stages of everyday life. She added that she wanted to showcase it in humorous way, because wishes to get a lecture.
“The premise itself—a mix-up of two women on a train due to their ghunghats (veils)—was so absurd, it naturally lent itself to comedy,” she stated.
Kiran expressed her thanks for acknowledging her difficult labor and giving her an opportunity to share her movie with an international audience.
