Animal, Kalki 2898 AD, and more: 8 Indian movies competing with Laapataa Ladies for Oscar 2025
As Laapataa Ladies (directed by Kiran Rao and produced by Aamir Khan) has become India's official entry for the Oscars 2025, here are eight others films including Animal, Kalki 2898 AD, Aattam, All We Imagine As Light, Maharaja, Kalki 2898, Hanu-Man, Swatantraya Veer Savarkar, Article 370 it was competing against.
Now that Laapataa Ladies has become India's official entry for Oscars 2025, everyone is celebrating the Kiran Rao directorial once again. As they say, good films always find a way to woo the audiences. Do box office collections matter? Laapataa Ladies is that film that minted only Rs 20 crores at the box office in its 13-week run.
'Laapataa Ladies' is India's official entry to the Oscars in the Best Foreign Film Category 2025. pic.twitter.com/2gjzgzsDDJ
¡ª ANI (@ANI) September 23, 2024
While it didn't get the limelight it deserved back then, it won people's hearts when it was released on OTT. So much so, that almost everyone was talking about it. From great performances to a stellar storyline, the film caught people's fancy. Pratibha Ranta who essayed the pivotal role of a bride in the movie became a national crush. Others including Nitanshi Goel, Sparsh Shrivastava, Ravi Kishan, and Chhaya Kadam also won applause.
Laapataa Ladies for Oscars 2025
#LaapataaLadies will India's Official Entry to Oscars 2025 ???
¡ª Filmy Bowl (@FilmyBowl) September 23, 2024
Well Deserved Film ?pic.twitter.com/mRUipK6PzJ
Several other Indian movies were running in the race to become India's official entry at the Academy Awards in the Best International Film category. However, the 13-member selection committee headed by Assamese director Jahnu Barua unanimously decided on Laapataa Ladies, a film produced by Aamir Khan and Rao.
Here are eight other films that were competing alongside Laapataa Ladies
- Animal (starring Ranbir Kapoor, directed by Sandeep Reddy Vanga)
- Aattam (Malayalam film which was recently awarded National Award for Best Feature)
- All We Imagine As Light (Payal Kapadia directorial that won Cannes this year)
- Maharaja (Tamil film starring Vijay Sethupathy and Anurag Kashyap with biggest plot twist)
- Kalki 2898 AD (Prabhas and Deepika starrer based on Mahabharata)
- Hanu-Man (Telugu language superhero film directed by Prashath Varma)
- Swatantraya Veer Savarkar (Randeep Hooda starrer biopic on Indian freedom fighter and reformer Vinayak Damodar Savarkar)
- Article 370 (The Yami Gautam starrer film based on the central government's decision to revoke Article 370, which gave special status to the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir).
Sandeep Reddy Vanga after realising that Laapataa Ladies named official entry for Oscars 2025.pic.twitter.com/CkpZCvWhNc
¡ª Sai Teja (@csaitheja) September 23, 2024
Another Aamir Khan movie at the Oscars!
This isn't the first time an Aamir Khan movie has been sent to Oscars as India's official entry. Lagaan in 2001, Rang De Basanti in 2006 and Taare Zameen Par in 2007 were also India's official entries for the Academany Awards. While Lagaan received a nomination, other two films weren't selected.
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