The Film Federation of India has announced Lapata Ladies As India's official entry for the 97th World Cup Academy AwardsWhich will be held in March next year.
Lapata Ladies It was selected from a group of 30 Indian films to represent the country at the Oscars 2025. Some of the other films on the list include Animalstarring Ranbir Kapoor, bobby deol and Rashmika Mandanna, Kalki 2898 AD Prabhas and deepika padukone And Hanuman Which also includes Teja Sajja.
Oscars 2025: Lapata Ladies increased Kalki 2898 AD, animal And Hanuman To be placed as India's official entry to the 97th Academy Awards
director Kiran Rao Jointly produced by Rao, Aamir Khan and Jyoti Deshpande, Lapata Ladies Pratibha Ranta, Sparsh Shrivastava and Nitanshi Goyal are in the lead roles. This critically acclaimed film is the story of two young brides who get transformed during a train journey to their husbands' house. The film also focuses on promoting gender equality and women empowerment in rural India.
The film was selected as IndiaThe 13-member selection committee headed by Assamese director Jahnu Barua has selected 'Dangal' as the official entry for the Oscars. Lapata Ladies It will be screened at the 48th Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) in September 2023 before releasing in theatres in March 2024.
Last year, this was India's entry for the Oscars: 2018Directed by Jude Anthany Joseph, which failed to make it to the shortlist. rent (2001), director Ashutosh GowarikerIt was the last Indian feature film to reach the final shortlist for the Oscars. aamir khan-Starrer The film was nominated at the 74th Academy Awards but lost no man's land,
India's performance at the 95th Oscars was a success. documentary Elephant Whisperersproduced by Kartiki Gonsalves and Guneet Monga, won the award in the Best Documentary (Short) category, while Geet Natu Natu From SS Rajamouli RRR Won the award for Best Original Song. Apart from this, Shaunak Sen's documentary all that breathes It was nominated for Best Documentary Feature, making it a finalist.
