15 Facts About Kiran Rao

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Kiran Rao was born on 7 November 1973 and is an Indian film producer, screenwriter, and director who works in Hindi cinema.

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In 2016, Rao co-founded Paani Foundation, a non-profit organisation working towards the mission of fighting drought in Maharashtra.

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Kiran Rao is the board member of Mumbai Academy of the Moving Image.

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Kiran Rao was born on 7 November 1973 in Bangalore, and grew up in Kolkata.

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Kiran Rao graduated with a food sciences 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 Center at Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi.

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8.

Kiran Rao started her career as the assistant director in the epic film Lagaan directed by Ashutosh Gowariker, whom she assisted later on Swades: We, the People.

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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 will have 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, through a surrogate mother 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.