‘Laapataa Ladies’ shortlisted for Japan Academy Film Award in Best International Film Category

Still from ‘missing ladies’. , Photo Credit: Special Arrangement

Missing ladiesDirected by Kiran Rao, the best international film category has been shortlisted for the Japan Academy Film Award for the year 2024.

The Hindi film, which was India’s official entry in the Oscar 2025, will compete with four other international titles Christopher Nolan Oppenheimer, Poor things Yorgos Lantimos, by Jonathan Glazer Field of interestAnd Alex Garland Civil war In the category, a press release was reported on Tuesday.

Missing ladiesIn the title Lost ladies In English, it was released in Japan in October. The producers said that the acclaimed film – Rao’s Kindleing Pictures, Aamir Khan Productions and Jio Studios – are celebrating “a uninterrupted dramatic run of 115 days”.

The winner in the category will be announced on 14 March during the Japan Academy Film Awards ceremony.

Missing ladiesWhich was released in theaters in March 2024, follows the story of two brides named Phool (Nitanshi Goyal) and Jaya (Pratibha Ranta), who accidentally swap during a train trip.

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Sparsh Srivastava, Ravi Kishan, Chhaya Kadam and Geeta Aggarwal Sharma also round out the film’s actors, based on an award -winning story by Biplab Goswami. The screenplay and dialogue were written by Sneha Desai with additional dialogues by Divyanidhi Sharma.