The picture is still pending! The journey of Laapataa Ladies is over but India can still win Oscar, this film gave hope

Movies News Desk – India had high expectations from Aamir Khan and Kiran Rao's joint production film 'Missing Ladies' in Oscar 2025, but this film has been out of the Oscar race. This film of Indian cinema was expected to be shortlisted for the Academy Awards, but unfortunately the film did not succeed in making it to the International Feature Film category. However, India's hopes are not completely lost, because this time two other Indian films are in the Oscar race. Let us tell you which are those films.

'Missing Ladies' lost, but hopes remain
If on one hand Aamir Khan and Kiran Rao's film has been disappointed at the Oscars, on the other hand India's name is still shining in the short film category. The shortlisted film 'Santosh' from UK is based on the story of India, although it has reached the Oscars as the film representing Britain. Apart from this, Indian short film 'Anuja' has also made it to the short film category of Oscar this year. The story of this film is based on an Indian girl and it has been filmed under Indo-American production.

Expectations from 'Santosh' and 'Anuja'
Shahana Goswami is seen in the lead role in the film 'Santosh'. The film is directed by British-Indian filmmaker Sandhya Suri. After the film was shortlisted, Shahana Goswami expressed her happiness on Instagram and said, 'It is a matter of pride that our film got shortlisted for Oscar out of 85 films.' Along with this, Shahana thanked her entire team and the film's writer-director Sandhya Suri.

movie 'anuja' also raised hopes

At the same time, the producer of the second short film 'Anuja' also looked happy on this occasion. He is proud of the film's actresses Sajda Pathan and Ananya Shanbhag. This film has also been praised a lot and the famous Hollywood actress of Indian origin Mindy Colling also praised 'Anuja'. Now it will be interesting to see which film between 'Santosh' and 'Anuja' wins the Oscar trophy. While the team of 'Santosh' is happy, the makers of 'Anuja' are also hoping that their work will be appreciated across the world. This can be a big moment for India, because both these films have raised the name of India at the international level.