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,

Aamir Khan and Kiaran Rao kick-started their Laapataa Ladies Oscar campaign in New York. The two visited Vikas Khanna's restaurant and relished the Indian dishes.

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."

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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