"Sincere, Funny, Beautiful Film": Anurag Kashyap Lauds Kiran Rao's Laapataa Ladies (image:instagram.com/anuragkashyap10)
Kiran Rao’s directorial, Laapataa Ladies, is now officially making its grant entry to the Oscars as the Film Federation of India has selected the film under the best Foreign Film category. As it received praises from critics and audiences for its diverse approach, director Anurag Kashyap also admired the movie and called it “a sincere, funny, beautiful film.”
In Instagram, Manmarziyaan director wrote a detailed note of appreciation on Laapataa Ladies. Praising Kiran Rao, Anurag Kashyap wrote: “She says so much with so much subtlety but more than that , watching such a soulful film , an incredible love story , beautiful storytelling with truth bombs dropping with such humour every ten minutes. I cried like a baby. I took my driver Narayan ji with me who is from Bihar and he was like “gaanv ki yaad aa gayi”.
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The director has also lauded the entire team; the cast and crew behind the movie. “The truth in the eyes of the actors who I have never seen before , all fresh faces with a lifetime performance from @ravikishann , the production design , the cinematography and then the writing by @snehadesaiofficial and team. Reminded me of the honesty, sensitivity and empathy of people in the india I grew up that now seems gone . And it is as funny and emotional as it is sincere . I can only just go on gushing about it,” the director wrote.
“Kudos to the filmmaker, the team,” he added. He then praised the music of the film as well. The music for Laapataa Ladies was scored by Ram Sampath.
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Adding further, Anurag Kashyap wrote that after watching two “brilliant Malayalam films” Manjummel boys and Bramayugam he was feeling why such movies are not happening in Hindi cinema and “then saw that Kiran actually has gone and done it.”
Laapataa Ladies is jointly produced by Aamir Khan Productions and Kindling Pictures and presented by Jio Studios. The movie features an ensemble cast including Nitanshi Goel, Pratibha Ranta, Sparsh Shrivastava, Chhaya Kadam, and Ravi Kishan in significant roles.
