this is the first time i am speaking on these things kiran conceded with a laugh as this interview drew to a close and aamir interjected with a so you have a scoop indeed such has been the tenacity of the silence that kiran rao has maintained over the years that her speaking on simple things what she is all about and what the equation between her and aamir is like is indeed a rarity it has been a conscious call ive always felt that until i have something to say as an individually creative person whos not just someones partner or aunt or mother or sister its pretty pointless having a point of view everybody has something to say dont they i was very clear that until ive come into my own as a creative person i wouldnt want to impose my worldviews on the world not when theres enough of it jamming the airwaves alreadykiran is now venturing into the territory of independent filmmaking with her own production house which however will be part of the overall banner of akp she emphasises and will also be directing the first film she is going to produce dhobi ghaat a low budget film with a story based in presentday mumbai in an industry that sees the family and the overarching big banner as synonymous the tendency to take an independent track is not a common one and while the industry has several couples both of whom are actors or singers in their own right there is no couple where the husband and wife are both directors there is no couple where they are both producers and there certainly is no couple where the husband and wife are both producers and directors who as aamir subtly adds think differently whats made her chart this course and how does she see cinema differentlymy working with aamir was pretty accidental i am not from a filmi family a friend of mine who was working with lagaan asked me if i would like to work as part of the team and i agreed prior to that i must have watched like ten hindi movies in my life i didnt know much about hindi films at all and one of the films she did know about was rangeela aamir gleefully interrupts here rangeelai had to write a paper on rangeela when i was in mcrc in jamia kiran explains and then tells us about another aamir connection oddly enough for no particular reason qsqt was the first complete hindi film i ever watched as a young adult i must have been about 14 then ill never forget that because it was the first movie i watched on our new vcr now that shes his spouse whats it like working with him after lagaan we worked together on tzp after almost four years so it isnt as if we work together all the time but working with aamir is a