Comedy drama Lapata Ladies selected as India's official entry for Oscars 2025

Filmmaker Kiran Rao's comedy drama Lapata Ladies has been selected by the Film Federation of India as India's official entry for the Oscars 2025. The Oscars are scheduled to be held in March 2025. The film was competing with 29 films, including "Animal", "Kill", "Kalki 2898 A.D.", "Srikanth", "Chandu Champion", "Zoram", "Maidan", "Sam Bahadur". , “Article 370”, Malayalam film “Aattam” and Payal Kapadia’s “All We Imagine as Light”. Headed by Assamese director Jahnu Barua, the 13-member selection jury decided on “Missing Ladies”. Nitanshi Goyal, Pratibha Ranta, Sparsh Srivastava, Chhaya Kadam and Ravi Kishan have acted in this film. “Missing Ladies” is produced by Kiran Rao, Aamir Khan and Jyoti Deshpande. “Missing Ladies” is releasing in Japan on October 4. is ready for release and the filmmaker had said that she is a fan of Japanese cinema. Kiran said, “I am thrilled that 'Laapta Ladies' is releasing in Japan. I am a big fan of Japanese cinema. I hope that Japanese audiences will be able to connect with this film as emotionally as we did. “Missing Ladies” is scheduled to be released in March 2024. The film attracted audiences for more than 100 days in theatres. After this, it got a lot of love from the audience on OTT also. This film is based on the story of two brides. It's a slice-of-life comedy. In this story, two brides traveling in the same train get interchanged. One goes to his house with another groom, while the other stays at the railway station to wait for her husband. The film is made under the banner of Aamir Khan Productions and Kindling Productions, the screenplay of which is based on an award-winning story by Biplab Goswami. Is based on. Its story and dialogues are written by Sneha Desai, while additional dialogues are written by Divyanidi Sharma.