'Laapataa Ladies' is a hit in Japan, makes place among these five films in Academy Film Awards 2024

The film 'Laapata Ladies' has been winning the hearts of the people since its release. The film was directed and critically acclaimed by Kiran Rao. In fact, recenlty, the film has been shortlisted for the Japan Academy Film Prize 2024. Laapata Ladies has been running in Japan theaters for 115 days. The winner of the Best International Film will be announced during the awards ceremony on March 14.

Other nominees in this category include Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer, Yorgos Lanthimos's Poor Things, Jonathan Glazer's The Zone of Interest, and Alex Garland's Civil War. A Jio Studios presentation, Missing Ladies is directed by Kiran Rao and produced by Aamir Khan and Jyoti Deshpande. Whereas, its a screenplay by Biplab Goswami. While the screenplay and dialogues are written by Sneha Desai, the additional dialogues are written by Divyanidhi Sharma.

The recognition places Kiran Rao in the category of filmmakers with a vision and further evidences the impact of Indian cinema across the globe. Missing Ladies has, since its release, been critically acclaimed for its good storytelling, great performances, and culturally different narrative. A journey of the film in Japan shows how it crosses borders to reach out to international audiences. Others who played key roles in the film included Nitanshi Goyal, Pratibha Ranta, Ravi Kishan, Sparsh Shrivastava, and Chhaya Kadam.