“Laapataa Ladies” Earns Salman Khan’s Approval as Kiran Rao’s Directorial Debut

Both Salman Khan and his father, seasoned screenwriter Salim Khan, expressed how much they “really enjoyed” Kiran Rao’s parody Laapataa Ladies.

Salman Khan is all praise for Laapataa Ladies, the satire by Kiran Rao. He did, however, also refer to the movie as her “debut as a director” despite his praise for it. As everyone knows, Kiran directed Dhobi Ghat in 2010 for her feature film debut.

Salman’s words

On Wednesday, Salman posted on his X Twitter, saying, “Just saw Kiran Rao’s Laapataa Ladies.” Kiran, wah wah (wow). Both my father and I had a great time with it. Congratulations on a job well done on your directing debut. When would you collaborate with me, Kab kaam karogi mere saath?

Salman received a lot of love from X users for his involvement in a little film like Laapataa Ladies, but others were quick to point out that Kiran is not the film’s director. Aamir Khan, Kiran’s ex-husband and co-producer of Laapataa Ladies, is good friends with Salman. In the 1994 buddy comedy Andaz Apna Apna directed by Rajkumar Santoshi, Aamir and Salman notably shared a screen.

About Laapataa Ladies

Laapataa Ladies is a 2001 Indian rural story about two young brides who go lost on a train and what happens when policeman Manohar (Ravi Kishan) decides to look into the missing person’s case.

When the movie was shown in September 2023 at the Toronto International Film Festival, it was met with a standing ovation.

Produced by Aamir Khan Productions, the team behind successful films like Dangal, Peepli Live, and Delhi Belly, Laapataa Ladies. Produced by Aamir Khan and Jyoti Deshpande under the names Aamir Khan Productions and Kindling Productions, the movie is being presented by Jio Studios. The script was written by Biplab Goswami. On March 1, the film was released in cinemas.

Nine years after working as an assistant director on the sets of Ashutosh Gowariker’s beloved period sports film Lagaan (2001), Kiran took on the role of director for the first time with Dhobi Ghat. Aamir, Monica Dogra, and Prateik Babbar appeared in the movie. Over the years, Kiran has worked as a producer for Aamir Khan Productions.