Kiran Rao reveals she rejected Aamir Khan for a role in ‘Laapataa Ladies’: ‘He and I had a huge…’

Kiran Rao and Aamir Khan are collaborating once again for Laapataa Ladies, which releases on March 1. In an interview with The Week, Rao revealed how Khan was keen to essay the role eventually played by actor Ravi Kishan.

She said, “Aamir and I had a huge discussion on whether he should play Manohar’s character, which was played by Ravi Kishan. Aamir said, ‘I really love the character, I really want to play it.’”

On choosing Ravi Kishan

I feel he (Kishan) brings a complete surprise to this character because you don’t know what to expect from him. When Aamir is in a role, he sort of sets expectations for his character. Aamir was very in on that decision that Ravi can do this better and perhaps, ‘I wouldn’t do full justice to it.’”

The recently released trailer gave a glimpse into the uproarious comedy adventure of the film’s world, featuring the promising lead cast of Pratibha Ranta, Sparsh Shrivastav, and Nitanshi Goel, promising a beautiful world from the director with the story rooted in the Indian form.

As the set up and the locations shown in the trailer has also caught the attention of the masses and to keep the authenticity of the film alive, Kiran Rao has shot the film ‘Laapataa Ladies‘ at the real locations of Sehore, Madhya Pradesh. Kiran Rao casted the real villagers of Sehore and has also shot in the real houses as the location.

The idea behind skipping the set and constructed world was the director Kiran Rao’s choice to shot the film in real life locations with real audiences of village in order to keep the film relevant to its theme and subject. This will also give the general audiences a real experience.

The trailer of Laapataa Ladies has opened to a roaring response and everyone is waiting to see the comedy-drama film from the Kiran Rao and Aamir Khan productions on the big screens on 1st March 2024. Moreover, The film has also received a standing ovation at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF).

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