The official entry from Indian for the 2025 Oscars, ‘Laapataa Ladies’ directed by Kiran Rao is one of those out of the box movies that highlights the silver lining of what cinema is all about, further redefining the scope and landscape of current so- called ‘trend’ of cinema. The simple and casually humorous plot slowly builds up to be carving a decisive problem, path and a climax that then succumbs with the flow is the general observation of the movie that can deeply vary with individual experiences.
Laapataa Ladies at the end of the 45 day run in Japan, has collected 50 Million Yen, equalling to 2.75 Crores INR. Kiran Rao’s movie has already bagged more than Baahubali 2, Dangal, Tiger 3 and Brahmastra in its first week run. The movie budgeted by Kiran Rao, Amir Khan and Jyoti Deshpande was made on a mere budget of 4 to 5 crores and made nearly 27 crores worldwide after the theatrical release.
Starring the young and thriving cast of Nitanshi Goel, Sparsh Shrivastava, Pratibha Ranta, Abhey Dubey, Chayya Kadam, Ravi Kishan and others, ‘Laapataa Ladies’ is now marching to push past the collections of Baahubali (75 MillionYen) and Bajrangi Bhaijan (80 Million Yen) if ran for a few more weeks, according to Sacknilk.
Laapataa Ladies, renamed as Lost Ladies for traction in the International spectrum after the announcement of the movie being India’s official entry for the 2025 Academy Awards. The movie revolves around two brides who are interchanged accidentally during a train journey has to find their way back to their destined future, after learning some much needed understanding of life from unexpected circumstances.