Kiran Rao is an Indian film producer, screenwriter, and director who works in Hindi cinema. In 2016, Rao co-founded Paani Foundation, a non-profit organisation working towards the mission of fighting drought in Maharashtra. She is the board member of Mumbai Academy of the Moving Image.

Laapataa Ladies is a 2024 Indian Hindi-language comedy-drama film directed by Kiran Rao, and produced by Rao, Aamir Khan, and Jyoti Deshpande. It stars Nitanshi Goel, Pratibha Ranta, Sparsh Shrivastav, Chhaya Kadam and Ravi Kishan, and tells the story of two young brides who get exchanged during a train ride, to their husband's homes. The film is based on Noukadubi, a 1906 novel by Rabindranath Tagore, which revolves around a case of mistaken identity. The novel has been adapted many times on celluloid. Milan (1946), starring Dilip Kumar, was based on the same, and so was Ghunghat (1960).