MUMBAI: Having a star actor-film-maker like Aamir Khan as her husband, doesn’t give Kiran Rao enough reason to either cast him in a movie or compete with him at the box office. The Dhobi Ghat director will be content if different kinds of movies can co-exist with the changing star system in filmdom.
“I don’t think I will ever be able to give competition to Aamir. Different kinds of films don’t need to compete,” Kiran, who had teamed up with Aamir in her directorial debut, told IANS.
Aamir is known as one of the biggest commercial stars in tinsel town, with blockbusters like Taare Zameen Par, Ghajini and 3 Idiots to his credit. He is popular as the man with a Midas touch and this was evident when he presented non-commercial comic satire Peepli Live, which emerged as a major commercial hit of 2010.
Kiran, who has Aamir’s constant support, isn’t too much into calculating the box office figures, but believes that when “some films earn INR1 billion, it’s good for small films like ours [mine], because it strengthens the industry and more money comes in.”
After working with Aamir in Dhobi Ghat, does she plan to cast him in a commercial project in the near future?
“I don’t,” she replied promptly, adding, “Because I do cinema that excites me. I don’t even watch many huge films. I don’t go to the cinema every weekend. I watch selective cinema and want to make my kind of films.”
“I would never make a film because I think it’s going to be a box office success. I don’t know if I have it in me to make a Dhoom or a Dabangg.”
Kiran and Aamir got married in 2005. Together, they raise a son named Azad, born through a surrogate mother.
These days, Kiran is busy promoting Anand Gandhi’s Ship Of Theseus, which she is presenting. A critically-acclaimed film at international film festivals, Ship of Theseus is scheduled to release on July 19.
The movie is about human values and features three characters — an experimental photographer, an ailing intellectual monk and a stock broker.
Published in The Express Tribune, June 22nd, 2013.
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