Laapataa Ladies

Laapataa Ladies
Theatrical release poster
Directed byKiran Rao
Written by
  • Original Story:
  • Biplab Goswami[1]
  • Screenplay and Dialogues:
  • Sneha Desai
  • Additional Dialogues:
  • Divyanidhi Sharma
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyVikash Nowlakha
Edited byJabeen Merchant
Music byRam Sampath
Production
companies
Distributed byYash Raj Films
Release dates
  • 8 September 2023 (2023-09-08) (TIFF)[2]
  • 1 March 2024 (2024-03-01)
Running time
124 minutes[3]
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budgetest.₹4−5 crore[4]
Box officeest. ₹25.26 crore[5]

Laapataa Ladies (transl. Lost ladies) is a 2023 Indian Hindi-language comedy-drama film directed by Kiran Rao,[6] and produced by Rao, Aamir Khan, and Jyoti Deshpande.[7] It stars Nitanshi Goel, Pratibha Ranta, Sparsh Shrivastava, Chhaya Kadam and Ravi Kishan, and tells the story of two young newly-wed brides who get exchanged during a train ride to their husband's homes.[8]

The film was screened at the 48th Toronto International Film Festival on 8 September 2023,[2] and was theatrically released on 1 March 2024.[9] The film opened to positive reviews from critics and audience and was praised for its story, screenplay and cast performances.[10]

It won Best Film (Critics' Choice) at the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne.[11] The film was selected as the Indian entry for the Best International Feature Film for the 97th Academy Awards.[12][13]

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  2. ^ a b "Laapataa Ladies". TIFF. Archived from the original on 1 March 2024. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  3. ^ "Laapataa Ladies (R)". British Board of Film Classification. 1 March 2024. Archived from the original on 1 March 2024. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  4. ^ "Laapataa Ladies Box Office Collection Day 7". abplive (in Hindi). 7 March 2024. Archived from the original on 14 March 2024. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
  5. ^ "Laapataa Ladies Box Office Collection". Bollywood Hungama. 1 March 2024. Archived from the original on 3 March 2024. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
  6. ^ "Laapataa Ladies teaser: Kiran Rao, Aamir Khan promise an lethargic, thought-less film on the subject of 'missing' wives". The Indian Express. 8 September 2023. Archived from the original on 1 March 2024. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  7. ^ "Laapataa Ladies teaser: Kiran Rao returns to direction 13 years after Dhobi Ghat with a tale of lost brides. Watch". Hindustan Times. 8 September 2023. Archived from the original on 1 March 2024. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  8. ^ "Director Kiran Rao attends 'Laapataa Ladies' screening at the Toronto International Film Festival". The Times of India. 9 September 2023. Archived from the original on 1 March 2024. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  9. ^ "Laapataa Ladies trailer: Kiran Rao directorial slowly and surely lifts the veil on its comedy of errors Watch". Hindustan Times. 24 January 2024. Archived from the original on 26 February 2024. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  10. ^ "Laapataa Ladies: A fantasy by those who have never lived in a village". Indian Express. 7 May 2024. Archived from the original on 7 May 2024. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
  11. ^ "IFFM 2024 full winners' list". India Today. 16 August 2024. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
  12. ^ "Laapataa Ladies is India's official entry to Oscars 2025; trumps Animal, Aattam and All We Imagine As Light". The Indian Express. 23 September 2024. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  13. ^ Goodfellow, Melanie (23 September 2024). "Oscars: India Selects 'Laapataa Ladies' For Best International Feature Film Race". Deadline. Retrieved 23 September 2024.