Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap took to Instagram to shower praises on Kiran Rao‘s latest directorial venture Laapataa Ladies. In a heartfelt review, Anurag described the film as ‘sincere, funny, and beautiful’ in his review.
In his Instagram post, Anurag expressed admiration for Kiran’s ability to convey profound messages with subtlety. He admitted to being moved to tears while watching the movie and even brought along his driver, Narayan ji, who hails from Bihar, eliciting nostalgia for his rural roots.The filmmaker praised Ravi Kishan for delivering a lifetime performance alongside fresh faces.
“What a sincere, funny , beautiful film Kiran Rao has made . She says so much with so much subtlety but more than that , watching such a soulful film , an incredible love story , beautiful storytelling with truth bombs dropping with such humour every ten minutes . I cried like a baby. I took my driver Narayan ji with me who is from Bihar and he was like “gaanv ki yaad aa gayi” . The truth in the eyes of the actors who I have never seen before , all fresh faces with a lifetime performance from Ravi Kishan, the production design , the cinematography and then the writing by Sneha Desai and team . Reminded me of the honesty, sensitivity and empathy of people in the india I grew up that now seems gone . And it is as funny and emotional as it is sincere,” he wrote.

Anurag drew parallels between Laapataa Ladies and recent acclaimed Malayalam films Manjummel Boys and Bramayugam, expressing his satisfaction with the direction of Hindi cinema. He praised Kiran for venturing into uncharted territories, much like Varun Grover with AIR, and celebrated the promising start to Indian cinema in 2024.

“I can only just go on gushing about it . Kudos to the filmmaker, the team . Saw it in a packed house and luckily we book the best seats in the house in advance . It was pure bliss . The boy who plays Deepak and the Phool and then Pushpa raani and Daadi and Dubey ji , everyone just got to my gut. Don’t miss this film , it’s unforgettable . The music . Aah .. made my day , after watching two back to back brilliant Malayalam films (Manjummel boys and Bramayugam) and feeling why are we not doing it in Hindi cinema and then saw that Kiran actually has gone and done it , like Varun Grover did with AIR . It has been a great beginning of 2024 for cinema in india for me . Thank you . Unmissable . Absolutely a Nirmal film set in Nirmal Pradesh,” he concluded.

Starring Pratibha Ratna, Nitanshi Goel and Sparsh Shrivastav with Ravi Kishan in a pivotal role, Laapataa Ladies opened to Rs 1.70 crore (gross box office worldwide) and received good reviews upon its release on Friday.
The film is based on an award-winning story by Biplab Goswami. Sneha Desai has penned the screenplay and dialogues with Divyanidhi Sharma credited for additional dialogues. It is produced by Rao, Aamir Khan and Jyoti Deshpande.