‘Women need safer working conditions’: Kiran Rao on RG Kar incident Updated: September 28th, 2024, 12:24 IST in Entertainment , National 0 Kiran Rao Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on WhatsApp Share on Linkedin Kolkata: Filmmaker Kiran Rao, whose Laapataa Ladies has been chosen as India’s official entry for the 2025 Oscars, said that she stands firmly with those who raised their voice demanding justice for the deceased medic of RG Kar hospital. On the sidelines of a programme of Ladies Study Group of the Indian Chamber of Commerce here Friday, Rao told PTI that the August 9 incident was “regrettable and frightening”. Also Read Sweden joins ISRO’s Venus Orbiter Mission 52 mins ago Senior police officer, four soldiers injured in J&K’s Kulgam gunfight 58 mins ago “I stand in solidarity with all the women, all the people who have come out on the streets of Kolkata and protested and raised their voice to have safer working conditions for women,” she said.
“Students, doctors and everyone in society stood in solidarity and protested, I am with them,” Rai said. About the selection of Laapataa Ladies as the country’s official entry for the Oscars next year, Rao said the choosing of the film is itself is an award. The movie, which was released on March 1 this year, tells the story of the misadventures of two young brides who get lost from the same train.
At the Ladies Study Group discussion ‘Ladies who lead’, Rao said several issues she had touched .
