India’s road to the Oscars has been a bumpy one. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) on Wednesday unveiled its shortlist of films (10 categories) still in the running for the Oscars 2025. Sadly for India, The Kiran Rao directorial ‘Laapataa Ladies‘, which was the country’s official entry to the Best Foreign…
Indian filmmaker Payal Kapadia’s ‘All We Imagine as Light‘ scooped up the Best International Feature award at the 2024 Gotham Awards, held on Monday night in New York City. The award show that celebrates the best in independent cinema, saw Kapadia’s film emerge as the big winner. Accepting her award, the director said in a…
The Film Federation of India, responsible for selecting the official entry for the Best Foreign Film Category, has announced this year’s pick for the 97th Academy Awards. It has been revealed that Kiran Rao helmed Laapataa Ladies will be sent as India’s official entry for the prestigious international awards. This film was produced by Aamir…
What is Hindi cinema without song-and-dance? For years, Hindi films were known globally because of that and were famous for that. So much so, that many film-makers in India, felt the need to break that image and wanted to prove that we are much more than our song-and-dance. Thus, we also reached a point where…
