Payal Kapadia reflects on her film All We Imagine As Light, the unpredictability of the Oscars race, and her support for Laapataa Ladies as India’s Oscar pick.

India's official entry to the Oscars ‘Laapataa Ladies', now rechristened ‘Lost Ladies', is a “very important” film that talks about women's freedoms and agency, financial independence, “ability to imagine your own futures” and male allyship,

Nitanshi Goel, Pratibha Ranta, and Sparsh Shrivastava's comedy-drama has been selected as India’s entry for the 97th Academy Awards in the Best International Feature Film category. As the makers began the campaign,

Laapataa Ladies features Nitanshi Goel, Pratibha Ranta, Sparsh Shrivastava, Ravi Kishan, and Chhaya Kadam. It was released in theatres on March 1.

On November 12, a new poster for the film was revealed, accompanied by a caption that read, "Official entry: India. Best International Feature Film - 97th Academy Awards."

Laapataa Ladies, India's official Oscars 2025 entry directed by Kiran Rao, is a satire on patriarchy. Following two brides swapped during a train journey, the film stars Nitanshi Goel and Pratibha Ranta,

To kick off their Academy Awards campaign, the makers took to their Instagram account to reveal a new poster with a new name

India's Oscar entry, Lost Ladies, directed by Kiran Rao, gains critical acclaim and begins Academy Awards campaign.

Kiran Rao and Amir Khan’s slice-of-life social satire ‘Laapataa Ladies' is now ‘Lost Ladies' for its Oscar campaigning. Details inside.

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