NEW DELHI, DEC 18 (ONLINE): Filmmaker Hansal Mehta and composer Ricky Kej criticized the Film Federation of India (FFI) for overlooking Kiran Rao’s “Laapataa Ladies” for the Oscars’ Best International Feature category. They questioned FFI’s selection process, highlighting a pattern of overlooking strong contenders, citing past omissions like “Bandit Queen” and “All We Imagine As Light.Read More
\nLaapataa out of Oscar race: Hansal Mehta slams FFI’s \u2018strike rate\u2019; says THIS
\nOn the one hand, where the Oscar 2025 got everyone excited, on the other hand, the news of Kiran Rao\u2019s \u2018Laapataa Ladies\u2019 failing to make it to the final cut has raised eyebrows. Filmmaker Hansal Mehta and composer Ricky Kej also expressed their disappointment over the matter. They called out the Film Federation of India as Kiran Rao\u2019s film failed to make the shortlist of the Best International Feature category. The \u2018Omerta\u2019 fame filmmaker Hansal sarcastically flagged FFI’s dismal \u201cstrike rate and selection of movies year after year.\u201d
\nTaking to his social media handle, late on Tuesday night, Hansal Mehta shared the shortlist of the Best International Feature category at the 97th Academy Awards. Along with the same, in the caption he wrote – \u201cFilm Federation of India does it again! Their strike rate and selection of films year after year is impeccable.\u201d<\/p>\n
Recalling how this isn\u2019t the first time FFI didn\u2019t consider a strong contender, netizens mentioned
\nAbout Shekhar Kapur’s crime drama \u2018Bandit Queen,\u2019 which wasn’t picked for the Oscars entry in 1995. \u201cBandit Queen’s non selection was even more funny. Censors help up the movie from release hence could not qualify,\u201d read the comment.
\nOn the other hand, Grammy Award-winning composer Ricky Kej also took to his X handle to express his disappointment. He shared a couple of \u2018Laapataa Ladies\u2019 posters and wrote a long note. “#LaapataaLadies is a very well made, entertaining movie (I enjoyed it), but was absolutely the wrong choice to represent India for the best #InternationalFeatureFilm category. As expected, it lost. When are we going to realize.. year after year.. we are choosing the wrong films. There are so many excellent movies made, and we should be winning the #InternationalFeatureFilm category every year,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n
\u201cUnfortunately we live in a \u2018Mainstream Bollywood\u2019 bubble, where we cannot look beyond films that we ourselves find entertaining. Instead we should just look for good films made by film-makers who are uncompromising in their art.. low budget or big budget.. star or no star.. just great artistic cinema. Below is the poster of #LaapataaLadies, I am sure most academy voting members dismissed the film just by looking at these,\u201d Ricky\u00a0concluded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
NEW DELHI, DEC 18 (ONLINE): Filmmaker Hansal Mehta and composer Ricky Kej criticized the Film Federation of India (FFI) for overlooking Kiran Rao’s “Laapataa Ladies” for the Oscars’ Best International Feature category. They questioned FFI’s selection process, highlighting a pattern of overlooking strong contenders, citing […]<\/p>\n
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