Kiran Rao’s ‘Missing Ladies’ is out of the Oscar race. This news has not only disappointed the actors of the film, Kiran Rao and Aamir Khan, but this news has brought disappointment for the whole country. Because, the entire Bollywood and the country had great expectations from Missing Ladies. However, two Indian films are still in the Oscar race. Recently, the Academy Awards released the list of top 15 international feature films, in which Missing Ladies could not make its place, but two other Indian films definitely confirmed their place. So let us tell you about the films that have confirmed their place in the top 15 of Oscar 2025.
The name of the film related to India is also included
The UK shortlisted film ‘Santosh’ in the Oscar’s International Feature Film category has made it to the top 15. The story of the film is Indian, but it represents Britain and not India. Apart from this film of British-Indian producer Sandhya Suri, another film based on an Indian girl has made it to the list in this category. The name of this film is ‘Anuja’, which has been shortlisted for the Academy Award’s International Feature Film category.
Academy Award-winning films
Apart from these two films, the films that have made it to the International Feature Film category of the Academy Awards also include Netflix’s French film ‘Emilia Perez’, which has been mentioned in 6 categories. Apart from this, the films that have made it to this list include Brazil’s ‘I’m Still Here’, Canada’s ‘Universal Language’, Denmark’s ‘The Girl with the Needle’, Czech Republic’s ‘Waves’, Germany’s ‘The Seed of the Sacred Fig’, Iceland’s ‘Touch’, Ireland’s ‘Knee Cap’, Italy’s ‘Vermiglio’ and Latvia’s ‘Flow’ have made it to the Foreign Film category of the Academy Awards.
His name is also in 15 films
Apart from these films, Thailand’s ‘How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies’, Norway’s ‘Armand’, Palestine film ‘From Ground Zero’ and Senegal’s ‘Dahameya’ have also made their place in the list released by the Academy.
Ladies missing from the race for top 15
Let us tell you, in the 97th Academy Awards i.e. Oscar 2025 being held in America, 15 films have been shortlisted in the International Feature Film category, which have been selected from films made in about 95 different languages. Out of the films made in 95 different languages, the judges had to shortlist only 15 films, which also included India’s ‘Laapta Ladies’. But Kiran Rao’s ‘Laapta Ladies’ could not make it to the top 15.