Laapataa Ladies
India’s official entry for Oscars 2025 has been announced. ‘Missing Ladies’, directed by Kiran Rao, will represent India at the 97th Academy Awards. It has been nominated for the Best Foreign Film category. The members of The Film Federation of India have announced India’s official entry to the Academy Awards. Made in Aamir Khan Productions, this film featured Pratibha Ranta, Sparsh Srivastava and Nitanshi Goyal in lead roles. Ravi Kishan and Chhaya Kadam have played important roles in this film.
left 29 films behind
Hindi film ‘Laapata Ladies’, a light-hearted satire on patriarchy, was selected from a list of 29 films, which included Bollywood hit ‘Animal’, Malayalam National Award winner ‘Aattam’ and Cannes winner ‘All We Imagine Is Light’. The 13-member selection committee headed by Assamese director Jahnu Barua unanimously decided to include ‘Laapata Ladies’ produced by Aamir Khan and Kiran Rao in the Best International Film category at the Academy Awards. This film has also left behind Tamil film ‘Maharaja’, Telugu film ‘Kalki 2898 AD’ and ‘Hanu-Man’. Let us tell you, ‘Swatantrya Veer Savarkar’ and ‘Article 370’ were also included in the list of 29 films.
Where can you watch this movie
Let us tell you, the film ‘Missing Ladies’ was released in theaters on March 1. It had a slow start at the box office. However, with positive word-of-mouth and good reviews, it managed to gain momentum at the box office. According to SACNILC, the film started with just Rs 75 lakh. By the opening weekend, the film managed to earn 4 crores. After 50 days of release in theaters, the total box office collection of ‘Missing Ladies’ was Rs 17.31 crore. You can watch this film on Netflix. Recently, Kiran Rao said in an interview, ‘If Missing Ladies reaches the Oscars, my dream will be fulfilled. At present, this is the process and I am sure it will be considered.’
This film arrived last year
Let us tell you, last year Malayalam superhit ‘2018: Everyone is a Hero’ reached Oscars as India’s official entry. Till now this film has not got any success.
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