Watch: The trailer of Kiran Rao’s ‘Laapataa Ladies’ has been released
The film, based on Biplab Goswami’s story, will be out on March 1. The cast includes Ravi Kishan, Nitanshi Goel, Pratibha Ranta and Sparsh Shrivastava.

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