Laapataa Ladies, directed by Kiran Rao, has been chosen as India’s official Oscar submission. A committee selected this patriarchy-satirical entry from a field of 29 submissions.
The official Indian contender for the 2025 Oscars is Kiran Rao’s Laapataa Ladies, the Film Federation of India declared here on Monday.
Which films were in the running?
The Hindi film, a light-hearted satire on patriarchy, was chosen from a list of 29 films, including Bollywood hit Animal, Malayalam National Award winner Aattam and Cannes winner All We Imagine As Light.
The 13-member select committee headed by Assamese director Jahnu Barua unanimously decided on Laapataa Ladies, produced by Aamir Khan and Rao, for reckoning in the best international film category at the Academy Awards.
Tamil film Maharaja, Telugu titles Kalki 2898 AD and Hanu-Man, as well as the Hindi films Swatantraya Veer Savarkar and Article 370 were also on the list.
Malayalam superhit 2018: Everyone is a Hero was sent last year.
Laapataa Ladies’ Oscar dreams
Kiran has declared that the greatest picture will be chosen by the picture Federation of India (FFI). If that happened, if it went to the Oscars, my dream would come true. However, it’s a process, and I’m expecting that Laapataa Ladies will be taken into account. In the grand scheme of things, I’m confident the best movie will go, whichever they select,” Kiran said to PTI.
However, Kiran stated, “Our primary recognition comes from the audience’s response at the box office,” earlier in February during the film’s press screening. The biggest compliment we could receive would be if the public and spectators like what we did.”
The poignant and inspirational story of two brides in rural India in 2001 who unintentionally switch places during a train ride is told in Laapataa Ladies. Aamir Khan Productions and Rao’s Kindling Productions are producing the movie.
The film, which was released in March this year to universal praise from the critics, features Nitanshi Goel, Pratibha Ranta and Sparsh Shrivastav in the lead roles alongside Ravi Kishan, Chhaya Kadam and Geeta Aggarwal Sharma.
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