‘Laapataa Ladies’ is India’s entry for 2025 Oscars under Foreign Film Category, announced Film Federation of India on Monday. Film Federation of India Chairman Jahnu Barua announced the news.
The film has been selected from all India nominations of 12 Hindi films, 6 Tamil and 4 Malayalam films.
The jury has been led by 13 members this year. ‘Laapataa Ladies’ is directed by Kiran Rao and produced by Kiran Rao, Aamir Khan, Jyoti Deshpande. The film had a fresh bunch of faces. Nitanshi Goel, Pratibha Ranta, Sparsh Shrivastav, Chhaya Kadam, Ravi Kishan featured in the film.
‘Laapataa Ladies’ is based on an award-winning story by Biplab Goswami. The screenplay and dialogue are written by Sneha Desai, while Divyanidhi Sharma has taken care of the additional dialogues.
‘Laapataa Ladies’ had a screening at the prestigious Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) last year. The film was released in theatres in India on March 1.
The film has been applauded by critics and audiences alike. Despite not minting a whopping amount of money at the box office, the film garnered a new fanbase after it was released on the streaming giant Netflix.