Kiran Rao’s critically-acclaimed film Laapataa Ladies was selected as India’s official entry for the 2025 Academy Awards on Monday. As India’s official Oscars entry, Laapataa Ladies joined a long list of films, some of which (like Lagaan and Mother India) have gone on to earn nominations at the prestigious awards. The selection was done by the Film Federation of India, but a line in its citation for the feminist film irked many fans and social media users.
(Also read | Aamir Khan is over the moon about Laapataa Ladies getting selected as India's Oscars entry: Kiran Rao ) What did FFI say about Laapataa Ladies The Film Federation of India (FFI) is a private body that has been entrusted to select India’s official entry for the Oscars for years now. On Monday, while announcing that it had selected Laapataa Ladies , the federation shared its citation, which read: “Indian women are a strange mixture of submission and dominance. Well-defined, powerful characters in one world a LAAPATAA LADIES (Hindi) captures this diversity perfectly, though in a semi-idyllic world and in a tongue-in-cheek way.
It shows you that women can happily desire to be home makers as well as rebel and be entrepreneurially inclined. A story that can simultaneously be seen as one that needs change, and one that can bring about change. Laapataa Ladies (Hindi) is a film that can engage, entertain and make sense not just to women in India but universally as well.
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