Kiran
Rao’s
Laapataa
Ladies
has
been
picked
as
India’s
official
entry
for
Oscars
2025,
the
Film
Federation
of
India
announced
on
Monday.
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
Kiran
Rao,
for
reckoning
in
the
Best
International
Film
category
at
the
Academy
Awards.
Besides
Laapataa
Ladies,
Hindi
film
Srikanth,
Tamil
movies
Vaazhai
and
Thangalaan
and
Malayalam
film
Ullozhukku
were
among
the
top
five
in
the
29
title
list.
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
part
of
the
list.
Laapataa
Ladies,
which
was
released
in
March
to
universal
praise
from
the
critics,
is
a
heartwarming
and
empowering
take
on
two
brides
in
rural
India
in
2001
who
accidently
get
swapped
during
a
train
journey.
Starring
Nitanshi
Goel,
Pratibha
Ranta
and
Sparsh
Shrivastav
in
the
lead
alongside
Ravi
Kishan,
Chhaya
Kadam
and
Geeta
Aggarwal
Sharma,
the
Hindi
film
had
its
world
premiere
at
the
2023
Toronto
International
Film
Festival.
No
Indian
entry
has
been
nominated
for
Best
International
Feature
film
at
the
Oscars
since
the
Aamir
Khan
starrer
Lagaan
in
2002.
Only
two
other
Indian
films
have
previously
made
it
to
the
final
list:
the
Nargis-starrer
Mother
India
and
Mira
Nair’s
Salaam
Bombay.
The
Malayalam
superhit
2018:
Everyone
is
a
Hero,
last
year’s
Indian
entry,
was
knocked
out
at
the
preliminary
stage.
Do
you
think
Laapataa
Ladies
deserves
to
go
to
the
Oscars?
VOTE!
