1. Kiran Rao was born on 7 November 1973 and is an Indian filmmaker who works in Hindi cinema.
13 Facts About Kiran Rao
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Kiran Rao has directed the films Dhobi Ghat and Laapataa Ladies.
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Kiran Rao was born on 7 November 1973 in Bengaluru, daughter of retired army officer C R Rao and Uma Rao.
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Kiran Rao graduated with an economics major from the Sophia College for Women in 1995.
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Kiran Rao attended the Social Communications Media course at the Sophia Polytechnic for two months, but then quit and left for Delhi.
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Kiran Rao got her master's degree at AJK Mass Communication Research Centre at Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi.
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Kiran Rao worked as second assistant director with Academy Award-nominated director Mira Nair on the indie hit Monsoon Wedding.
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Kiran Rao scripted and directed the film Dhobi Ghat, which was released in January 2011 under Aamir Khan Productions.
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Kiran Rao has started writing her next film which had roots in Kolkata.
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Kiran Rao was made the chairperson of the Mumbai Film Festival - MAMI in 2015.
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Kiran Rao married actor Aamir Khan in December 2005, after Khan divorced his first wife Reena Dutta in 2002.
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The couple have a son, Azad Kiran Rao Khan, born in December 2011 who has been named after Abul Kalam Azad.
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Kiran Rao has been a vegan, and she had influenced her then-husband, Aamir Khan, to turn vegan as well.