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Laapataa Ladies was selected for Oscars as India’s official entry for scoring on ‘Indianness’; jury chairman says ‘A film has to represent India’s social systems’
The Laapataa Ladies team has made India proud as it has been selected as the nation’s official entry at the Oscars 2025. Directed by Kiran Rao, the movie starred young actors like Nitanshi Goel, Sparsh Shrivastava, and Pratibha Ranta in the lead. The comedy-drama also featured Chhaya Kadam and Ravi Kishan in crucial roles. After the announcement, jury chairman Jahnu Barua revealed that Laapataa Ladies was selected as India’s official entry to the Oscars for scoring on ‘Indianness’. Barua noted that a film has to represent India’s social systems.
In a new interview with Indian Express, Assamese filmmaker Jahnu Barua, who led the Film Federation of India jury, shared why Laapataa Ladies was picked as the official entry at the Oscars.
“The jury has to look at the right film that represents India on all fronts. Particularly, the film has to represent India’s social systems and ethos. The Indianness is very important, and Laapataa Ladies scored on that front,” Barua said.
The filmmaker continued that the “best-suited film” representing India must be sent as the official entry to the Academy Awards. Speaking about the list of 29 film titles, he added that the jury can choose from what they have been given.
The 13-member jury headed by Jahnu Barua ‘unanimously’ decided that Laapataa Ladies will represent India in the Best International Film category at the Academy Awards.
On Monday (September 23, 2024), the Film Federation of India announced that Kiran Rao and Aamir Khan’s backed film, Laapataa Ladies, has been picked as India’s official entry for the 97th Academy Awards.
Recently, after the big news, director-producer Kiran Rao took to Instagram to share a heartfelt note for Laapataa Ladies. In her post, Kiran shared that she is deeply honored and “beyond delighted” that her film has been chosen to represent India at the Oscars. She also thanked the cast and crew of Laapataa Ladies while stating that their “immense talent, dedication, and hard work made this film possible”.
The official handle of Aamir Khan Productions also acknowledged the latest achievement of Laapataa Ladies on Instagram. “Deeply honored and delighted for #LaapataaLadies to be chosen as India’s official entry to #Oscars2025,” read the post.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Laapataa Ladies was competing with Ranbir Kapoor and Sandeep Reddy Vanga’s Animal, Karan Johar’s production Kill and Nag Ashwin’s directorial venture Kalki 2898 AD for the recent selection at the Oscars. The list also included movies like Srikanth, Chandu Champion, Maidaan, Sam Bahadur, Article 370, and many others.
The story of Kiran Rao’s Laapataa Ladies revolves around two brides Phool and Pushpa who accidentally get swapped during a train journey. While Nitanshi Goel played the role of Phool Kumari, Sparsh Shrivastava was cast as her on-screen husband, Deepak Kumar. Pratibha Ranta essayed the character of Jaya Tripathi Singh who impersonates her identity as Pushpa Rani. Chaaya Kadam and Ravi Kishan played Manu Maai and Sub-Inspector Shyam Manohar respectively.
For the uninitiated, Laapataa Ladies was screened at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) on September 8, 2023. It was released in theaters in India on March 1, 2024. It was premiered on Netflix on April 26 this year. The comedy-drama is Kiran Rao’s second directorial venture in Bollywood. Rao made her directorial debut with the film, Dhobi Ghat in 2010, co-produced by Aamir Khan.
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“Global Action Must Match Global Ambition”: PM Modi At UN Summit
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, speaking at the United Nations Summit of the Future on Monday, said alongside terrorism, new areas of conflict are emerging and it is high time that “global action must match global ambition”.
Pointing out that terrorism continues to be a serious threat to global peace and security, PM Modi said on the other hand, “cyber, maritime and space are emerging as new areas of conflict”.
“On all these issues, I will stress that global action must match global ambition,” he added.
Talking of growing global concern over dangers from new and evolving technologies, especially artificial intelligence, PM Modi said, “There is a need for balanced regulation at a global level, for the safe and responsible use of technology.”
According to the Wilmington Declaration – made two days ago at the Quad meet — leaders of the US, Australia, Japan and India announced their intention to enhance cybersecurity partnership.
“In the face of a deteriorating security environment in the cyber domain, Quad countries intend to enhance our cybersecurity partnership to address common threats posed by state-sponsored actors, cybercriminals, and other non-state malicious actors. Our countries commit to taking concrete steps to increase our collective network defense and advance technical capabilities through greater threat information sharing and capacity building,” read the joint declaration.
The leaders, in their declaration, had unequivocally condemned terrorism and violent extremism in all its forms and manifestations, including cross-border terrorism.
“We are committed to international cooperation and will work with our regional partners in a comprehensive and sustained manner to strengthen their capability to prevent, detect and respond to threats posed by terrorism and violent extremism, including threats posed by the use of new and emerging technologies for terrorist purposes, consistent with international law,” the statement had added.
“When we are discussing the global future, we must accord the highest priority to a human-centric approach while prioritising sustainable development,” PM Modi also said.
“We must also ensure human welfare, food and health security,” he added, declaring India was ready to share her experience in poverty eradication and bridging the digital divide.