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Oscars 2025: India’s Hopes Ride On Guneet Monga’s ‘Anuja’ After ‘Laapataa Ladies’ Misses Out

By LokMarg

India’s hopes at the 2025 Oscars now rest on ‘Anuja’, a live-action short film produced by Guneet Monga Kapoor, after Kiran Rao’s ‘Laapataa Ladies’ did not make it to the next round in the International Feature Film category.

On Tuesday, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the shortlists for 10 categories for the upcoming 97th Academy Awards. ‘Laapataa Ladies’, which was India’s official entry for the Best International Feature Film category, could not advance further, leaving many fans and filmmakers disappointed.

However, India still has a reason to hope. Monga’s Anuja has been shortlisted in the Best Live-Action Short Film category. The film sheds light on the important issue of child labor in the garment industry and features actor Nagesh Bhonsle in a key role.

This is Monga’s third nomination at the Oscars. Her earlier projects, ‘The Elephant Whisperers’ and ‘Period: End of Sentence’, won Oscars, bringing glory to Indian cinema.

Apart from ‘Anuja’, another film that remains in the Oscars race is ‘Santosh’, a British-Indian film directed by Sandhya Suri. Featuring actress Shahana Goswami, Santosh is the United Kingdom’s official entry for the Oscars. The film premiered earlier this year in the Un Certain Regard section at the Cannes Film Festival.

The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences announced 30 shortlisted films in contention for the Best Live Action Short and Best Animated Short Oscar categories. Some other shortlisted contenders include ‘Clodagh’ ‘The Compatriot’ ‘Crust’ ‘Dovecote’ ‘Edge of Space’ and ‘The Ice Cream Man’. (ANI)

Oscars 2025: Hindi film ‘Santosh’ shortlisted for ‘Best International Feature Film.’

By LokMarg

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) on Wednesday unveiled the names of the projects that are eligible for the Oscars 2025 race.

‘Santosh’, a Hindi-language international co-production set in rural north India, has found a spot in the ‘Best International Feature Film’ category.

A total of 15 films have been selected for the Oscar shortlist in this category out of 85 total films submitted by countries all around the world.

The film was sent by the United Kingdom as their official submission for the Academy Awards 2025. The movie also premiered at the 77th Cannes Film Festival in May 2024, and was well-received by critics.

Reacting to this “little glory”, Shahana took to Instagram and expressed her happiness.

“So happy for the team especially our writer-director Sandhya Suri for this little glory of recognition for our film Santosh! How incredible to be shortlisted from amongst 85 films. Thank you to everyone who loved it, supported it and voted for it,” she wrote.

Directed by Sandhya Suri, the film stars Shahana as a driven young Hindu widow who inherits her husband’s job as a police constable thanks to a government scheme. She finds herself caught up in institutional corruption even as she warms to working with rough-edged veteran detective Inspector Sharma (Sunita Rajwar) on a brutal murder case involving a teenage girl from the lower caste Dalit community, as per The Hollywood Reporter.

The films that progressed to the next round in International Feature category are following:

  • Armand” (IFC Films) from Norway
  • “Dahomey” (Mubi) from Senegal
  • “Emilia Perez” (Netflix) from France
  • “Flow” (Janus Films and Sideshow) from Latvia
  • “From Ground Zero” (No U.S. Distribution) from Palestine
  • “The Girl With the Needle” (Mubi) from Denmark
  • “How to Make Millions before Grandma Dies” (Well Go USA Entertainment) from Thailand
  • “I’m Still Here” (Sony Pictures Classics) from Brazil
  • “Kneecap” (Sony Pictures Classics) from Ireland
  • “Santosh” (Metrograph Pictures) from United Kingdom
  • “The Seed of the Sacred Fig” (Neon) from Germany
  • “Touch” (Focus Features) from Iceland
  • “Universal Language” (Oscilloscope Laboratories) from Canada
  • “Waves” (No U.S. Distribution) from Czech Republic
  • “Vermiglio” (Janus Films) from Italy

The list includes films that are officially eligible to compete in various categories. However, it does not guarantee that these films will advance in the final nominations for the Academy Awards.

Oscar voting to determine the nominees in all 23 categories will start on Wednesday, January 8, and it will end on Sunday, January 12. Nominations will be announced on Friday, January 17. (ANI)

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Deepika Poses, Greets Paps Before Flying For Oscars

By LokMarg

The final countdown has begun. Ahead of the 95th Academy Awards, Deepika Padukone, who has been selected as one of the presenters this year, flew to the US. The pictures and videos of Deepika at Mumbai airport surfaced online on Thursday night.

The ‘Gehraiyaan’ actor was dressed in all-black. She chose a turtle-neck black sweater, teaming it up with a black blazer. The nerdy black glass added to the glam quotient of Deepika. The ‘Padmaavat’ actor posed for the paparazzi stationed at the airport. She smiled, and greeted them saying ‘Thank You.’ Even Deepika shared a gratitude emoji on the post of a paparazzo, who shared the video on Instagram.

Deepika took to Instagram on March 3 to share a post with the names of all the presenters.

The list also includes Dwayne Johnson, Michael B. Jordan, Riz Ahmed, Emily Blunt, Glenn Close, Troy Kotsur, Dwayne Johnson, Jennifer Connelly, Samuel L. Jackson, Melissa McCarthy, Zoe Saldana, Donnie Yen, Jonathan Majors, and Questlove.

Deepika made head turns with her Gothic-inspired look at the Paris Fashion Week just a few days back. Deepika wore Louis Vuitton’s leather stud button coat at PFW. She accentuated her dress by carrying a stylish black bag. She paired the coat with black long boots and laced stockings.

Meanwhile, on the film front, Deepika has already started the shoot of ‘Fighter’. In this movie, she will be seen opposite Hrithik Roshan for the first time. Helmed by Siddharth Anand, ‘Fighter’ also stars Akshay Oberoi, Karan Singh Grover, and Anil Kapoor in pivotal roles.

She also has ‘Project K’ with Prabhas and megastar Amitabh Bachchan. Fans will also see her in ‘The Intern’ remake with Big B. (ANI)

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NTR Junior Leaves For US Ahead Of Oscar Ceremony

By LokMarg

Ahead of the Oscars, photos and videos of south superstar NTR Jr leaving for the US at Hyderabad airport on Monday have gone viral on the Internet.

The actor was seen wearing a beige-coloured hoody with black pants in the video. The actor is seen waving to people present at the airport and also shook hands with some of them.

The song ‘Naatu Naatu’ featuring NTR Jr and Ram Charan from S S Rajamouli’s ‘RRR’ is competing for the Academy award in the category of Best Original Score.

Last week, Jr NTR along with Alia Bhatt were awarded the ‘Spotlight Award’ at Hollywood Critics Association 2023.

“Dear RRR supporters & fans, We would like to share with you the awards for N.T Rama Rao Jr. & Alia Bhatt. We will be sending them out next week. Thank you for all your love and support. The Hollywood Critics Association #RRRGoesGlobal #RRRMovie #AliaBhatt #NTRamaRaoJr,” the organisers wrote on Twitter.

Speaking of ‘Naatu Naatu’, the song is competing with “This Is A Life” from “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” “Applause” from “Tell It Like a Woman,” and “Lift Me Up” from “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” all of which are part of the scheduled performances for the 95th annual ceremony, Variety reported.

Before entering the Oscars, the song bagged awards on the global stage. In January, ‘Naatu Naatu’ won the Golden Globes in the ‘Best Original Song’ category. Five days later, ‘RRR’ bagged two more awards at the 28th edition of the Critics Choice Awards. One is for the best song and another is for ‘best foreign language film.’ Since then, ‘RRR’ and ‘Naatu Naatu’ are riding high on the global chart.

The song was also released in Hindi as ‘Naacho Naacho’, in Tamil as ‘Naattu Koothu’, in Kannada as ‘Halli Naatu’ and in Malayalam as ‘Karinthol’. Its Hindi version was sung by Rahul Sipligunj and Vishal Mishra.

The hook steps, performed by Jr NTR and Ram Charan, went viral on social media and their energetic synchronisation made the song a treat to watch. (ANI)

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