BJP MP and actor Ravi Kishan expressed immense pleasure and shock on ‘Laapataa Women’ being chosen as India’s official movie entry for Oscars 2025.
Laapataa Women has been chosen as India’s official entry for the 2025 Oscars, the Movie Federation of India introduced on September 23. The film, which takes a humorous stance on patriarchy, emerged as a winner from an inventory of 29 shortlisted movies.
Reacting to information, Kishan mentioned, “I’m so pleased. I’m not capable of consider this. That is my first movie that has made an entry within the Oscars… I give the entire credit score to Kiran Rao, Aamir Khan, the writers and the solid of the movie… We all know that this movie might be a success, it’s going to make an entry within the nationals. However we are going to enter the Oscars, I by no means thought that.”
The Kiran Rao directed film emerged a winner in opposition to current field workplace mega blockbusters just like the Ranbir Kapoor, Tripti Dimri, starrer blockbuster “Animal”, and Prabhas, Amitabh Bachhan and Deepika Padukone starrer “Kalki 2898 AD”, apart from Malayalam Nationwide Award winner “Aattam” and Cannes winner “All We Think about As Gentle”.
Kishan mentioned the film needs to be re-released within the theatres and be made tax-free for the viewers because it carries an essential message. “This film teaches loads of issues. It’s a e-book in itself…” the actor-turned-politician added.
The 13-member choose committee headed by Assamese director Jahnu Barua unanimously selected Laapataa Women, produced by Aamir Khan and Rao for presentation in the perfect worldwide movie class on the Academy Awards.
Citing the impression of cinema as a medium, Kiran Rao continued, “I wish to categorical my heartfelt gratitude to the choice committee and to everybody who believed on this movie. It’s certainly an incredible privilege to be chosen from amongst such superb Indian movies this yr — who’re equally worthy contenders for this honour.”
Thanking the solid, crew and manufacturing workforce for his or her relentless endeavour, Kiran mentioned, “My deepest thanks go to Aamir Khan Productions and Jio Studios for his or her unwavering assist and religion on this imaginative and prescient. It has been a privilege to work alongside such a passionate and gifted workforce of execs who shared my dedication to telling this story. I additionally need to lengthen my heartfelt due to your complete solid and crew, whose immense expertise, dedication, and laborious work made this movie doable. This journey has been one in every of unbelievable collaboration and development.”
Hindi movie “Srikanth”, Tamil motion pictures “Vaazhai”, “Thangalaan” and “Maharaja” and Malayalam movie “Ullozhukku” Telegu film “Hanu-Man” in addition to Hindi movies “Swatantraya Veer Savarkar” and “Article 370” have been additionally among the many 29-title checklist.
No Indian entry has been nominated for greatest worldwide characteristic movie on the Oscars because the Khan-starrer “Lagaan” in 2002. Solely two different movies have beforehand made it to the ultimate 5 and they’re the Nargis-starrer “Mom India” and Mira Nair’s “Salaam Bombay!”
Malayalam superhit “2018: Everyone seems to be a Hero” was despatched final yr.
Though Laapataa Women carried out modestly on the field workplace upon its theatrical launch earlier this yr, it gained important reputation following its debut on the Netflix platform, in the end incomes approval for its thematic depth and storytelling.
On August 9, 2024, the Supreme Court docket of India screened the film Laapataa Women to boost gender consciousness amongst its workers. The screening was held as a part of the Supreme Court docket’s seventy fifth anniversary celebrations.
(With inputs from businesses)
