Netflix’s Laapataa Ladies: How Kiran Rao & Aamir Khan’s film got a new lease of life on the digital platform read more
We have to admit that Kiran Rao & Aamir Khan’s Laapataa Ladies got more appreciation on the digital platform than when it was released in the theatres. And that’s mostly because the OTT viewing audiences are much more evolved and they have a taste for world cinema. Laapataa Ladies did well at the international film festivals too.
With Laapataa Ladies, filmmaker Kiran Rao returned to direction after 14. Laced with humour, Laapataa Ladies made us believe that we should never stop being hopeful and make the best use of the circumstances that we are often pushed into. The film stresses on the importance of women’s independence.
Beyond box-office numbers, these kind of story telling with a gender lens which makes you mull over the society in general needs to be made again and again. The entire cast has of the fim has done a brilliant job. And Laapataa Ladies like the Madgaon Express and 12th Fail has proved it yet again that we don’t need big stars to make a successful film. All we need are good craftsmen and a filmmaker who can come up with a compelling story.
Pratibha Ratna, Sparsh Shrivastav, and Nitanshi Goel play the lead roles. But all the other characters too have an important role to play. The movie has messages for the world, but not one bit preachy. Laapataa Ladies is entertaining and engaging. It’s a mainstream film done with a twist. Set in the year 2001, the film throws light on the fact that a smart and intelligent girl is not considered to be a ‘good girl’ by our society, rather she is labelled as cunning. Our patriarchal society wants a girl who talks less, says ‘yes’ to everything that the world feels right and who doesn’t have an opinion about what she wants from life. But Kiran Rao’s film staying far away from preachy, the narrative doesn’t allow women to be the victim of circumstances.
