Kiran Rao-directorial 'Laapataa Ladies' is India's official entry for Oscars 2025

It's a good day for Aamir Khan, Kiran Rao and the entire cast of 'Laapataa Ladies'. Kiran Rao's film has been selected as India's official entry for the Oscars 2025. The Film Federation of India shared the official news on Monday. The cast of the film includes Nitanshi Goel, Sparsh Shrivastava and Pratibha Ranta in lead roles. 'Laapataa Ladies', a lighthearted satire on patriarchy, was picked from a list of 29 films, including the Bollywood smash 'Animal', Malayalam National Award winner 'Aattam', and Cannes winner 'All We



Imagine As Light'.

The 13-member select committee, led by Assamese director Jahnu Barua, unanimously selected 'Laapataa Ladies', produced by Aamir Khan and Rao, for consideration in the best international picture category at the Academy Awards. The list also included the Tamil film 'Maharaja', the Telugu titles 'Kalki 2898 A'D and 'HanuMan', and the Hindi films 'Swatantraya Veer Savarkar' and 'Article 370'. For those who are unfamiliar, the Malayalam superhit '2018: Everyone is a Hero' was released last year.