Radhika Rao

Radhika Rao is an Indian film director and screenwriter. She made her directorial debut with the film '' Lucky: No Time for Love'' (2005) with Vinay Sapru. Her other films include '' I Love NY'' (2015), '' Sanam Teri Kasam'' (2016) and '' Yaariyan 2'' (2023). She runs a film production company ''Rao & Sapru'' with her business partner Vinay Sapru.

Career

After working with Vinay Sapru to co-direct music videos, Rao made her debut as a film director when she co-directed the 2005 film '' Lucky: No Time for Love'' with Sapru. According to a review by Manish Gajjar for '' BBC Shropshire Bollywood'', the film has slow parts and some untranslated Russian dialogue, but is "a film well worth seeing," including due to the performance by Salman Khan and music by Adnan Sami. In a review for ''India Today'', Anupama Chopra describes the film as "ambitious," with "languorously lovely shots of the snowy wasteland, St Petersburg and Russian religious iconography", but pans the second part of the film and describes the cameo by Mithun Chakraborty as "annoying."

She next co-directed the 2015 film '' I Love NY'' with Sapru. A review by Troy Ribeiro in ''IANS'' praised the production and editing of the film, but described "the entire premise" as "silly and far-fetched," and concluded, "Watch this film only if you enjoy love stories even if they defy logic or you are a die-hard Kangana Ranaut fan." In ''Filmfare'', Rachit Gupta wrote "there are bits and pieces of this film that work" and described the directorial work as an "amateur execution" but stated, "one reason you'll be able to sit through this movie is Kangana Ranaut" and also praised the acting by Prem Chopra.

Rao then co-directed the 2016 film '' Sanam Teri Kasam'' with Sapru. A review by Shubhra Gupta in ''The Indian Express'' praised the acting by Mawra Hocane but overall panned the film. In ''The Hindu'', Namrata Joshi writes that the film is "tailor-made" to fail the Bechdel test, and suggests "Go with a boxful of tissues if you cry easily at the movies."

Rao also co-directed the 2023 film '' Yaariyan 2'' with Sapru. A review by Vinamra Mathur in ''Firstpost'' reflected on some of their past work together, comparing this film less favorably, but notes 25 million views of the trailer on YouTube. A review on ''Rediff'' by Deepa Gahlot describes the film as "a collection of music videos with a bare minimum plot to glue them together." A ''Bollywood Hungama'' review describes the direction by Rao and Sapru as "creative" and states they are "known for adding a lot even to their ordinary shots."

Rao and Sapru have directed more than 100 music videos over more than twenty years, including for Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhonsle, Arijit Singh, Neha Kakkar and Jubin Nautiyal. They have also worked with the company T-Series, owned by Bhushan Kumar, to direct music videos.

Filmography

As screenwriter and director

Song Director

References

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Living people
Indian women film directors
Indian women film producers
20th-century Indian people
21st-century Indian people
20th-century Indian women
Year of birth missing (living people)