I was born in Bangalore but grew up in Kolkata and I read, write and speak Bengali. — Kiran Rao Copy Share Image
It took me a good two-and-a-half to three years to write 'Dhobi Ghat' and more importantly be satisfied with it. — Kiran Rao Copy Share Image
Working as an AD and producer prepares you in the sense that you know what you have to do to make a… — Kiran Rao Cinema Copy Share Image
I don't even watch many huge films. I don't go to the cinema every weekend. I watch selective cinema and want to… — Kiran Rao Cinema Copy Share Image
Though I adored Delhi, Mumbai was in my veins and I felt connected to this city and had to come back. — Kiran Rao Copy Share Image
I have always wanted to have a cultural centre where people can sort of have a community of artists and like-minded people… — Kiran Rao Copy Share Image
Dhobi Ghat' is the only script I actually completed and that I was convinced about wanting to direct. — Kiran Rao Copy Share Image
I think every mother does what is best for her child because it's such a joy and a daily learning experience. — Kiran Rao Copy Share Image
Basically, I have always wanted to have an art-house cinema. A cinema where we can show films that are not necessarily the… — Kiran Rao Copy Share Image
I think when you make something that is non-mainstream and people don't have automatic way of consuming, like you don't have a… — Kiran Rao Cinema Copy Share Image
If I as a filmmaker take a very radical subject, which might not get an audience in the first week, multiplexes wouldn't… — Kiran Rao Audience Copy Share Image
I don't believe in women-centric films, but I certainly believe that we should create films that have more challenging roles for women… — Kiran Rao Copy Share Image
After my 12th, my parents moved to Bangalore while I moved to Mumbai to study Economics at Sophia College. Much unlike other… — Kiran Rao College Copy Share Image
Actually I don't watch a lot of films but when I do, I like experimental, avant garde, European and world cinema. That… — Kiran Rao Avant garde Copy Share Image
When I went to Jamia, I thought I wanted to be a cinematographer or photographer because I liked telling stories in pictures,… — Kiran Rao Cinema Copy Share Image
We want box office success, critical acclaim, awards and everything else. But I think when the audience likes a film, that appreciation… — Kiran Rao Appreciation Copy Share Image
The box office in an arthouse film is always going to be small. We have to face this and overcome this. — Kiran Rao Copy Share Image
I had a very late introduction to films. We didn't watch a lot of films while growing up in Kolkata. — Kiran Rao Cinema Copy Share Image
I was this classic film school snob who thought mainstream cinema was synonymous with bad cinema. — Kiran Rao Copy Share Image
I would never make a film because I think it's going to be a box-office success. — Kiran Rao Copy Share Image
I go to watch the so-called mainstream films for different reasons. I certainly like those films if they are giving me something… — Kiran Rao Cinema Copy Share Image
We were quite a middle class family, but we had access to all the good things in life, be it books or… — Kiran Rao Books Copy Share Image
