Lapataa Ladies: Kiran Rao’s film ‘Missing Ladies’, selected for the Oscar by India, has been out of the Oscar race. This film was very much liked in India. This small budget film also made great money at the box office. But Missing Ladies has not been able to find its place even among the 15 films selected in this category. India’s hope has been shattered. Now the top 5 films from these 15 films will be selected for the final list of Oscar.
Entry of this film
The Missing Ladies has been left out of the Oscars, although the film ‘Santosh’ directed by British-Indian filmmaker Sandhya Suri, sent by the UK, has been selected for the Oscars. ‘Santosh’ stars Shahana Goswami and Sunita Rajwar in lead roles.
Kiran Rao’s Missing Ladies was sent to the foreign category. On September 23, the Film Federation of India had announced to send it to Oscars 2025. Ravi Kishan, Sparsh Srivastava, Pratibha Ranta and Nitanshi Goyal have been seen playing important roles in Missing Ladies. The film is made under Aamir Khan’s production house. The new star cast of this film has impressed people a lot.
India’s entry in short film
Writer/Director Adam J. Graves and Suchitra Mittai’s film ‘Anuja’ has been selected in the list of last 15 films for Oscar in the live action short film category. The executive producer of this short film is Guneet Monga. 180 films from all over the world were selected to compete for the award in this category. Let us tell you that last year, producer Guneet Monga’s film ‘The Elephant Whispers’ was awarded the Oscar award as the best documentary short film. Since then people’s expectations from Anuja have increased.