‘Laapataa Ladies’: ‘Mixture of Submission and Dominance’! Netizens Slam FFI’s Description for ‘Indian Women’ in Oscars 2025 Entry Selection for Kiran Rao’s Film
On September 23, 2024, the jury appointed by the Film Federation of India (FFI) selected Kiran Rao’s social dramedy Laapataa Ladies as India’s official entry for Oscars 2025. Co-produced by Aamir Khan, Laapataa Ladies stars Nitanshi Goel, Pratibha Ranta, Sparsh Shrivastava, Chhaya Kadam and Ravi Kishan. The movie had received highly positive reviews from critics, though it was an average performer at the box office. So this selection as India’s submission to the 97th Academy Awards is definitely an achievement for the Hindi movie. ‘Laapataa Ladies’ Is India’s Official Entry to Oscars 2025: From Other Nominees to Where To Watch It Online – All You Need To Know About Selection of Kiran Rao’s Directorial!
However, not all were happy with the selection by the jury led by Assamese-filmmaker Jahnu Barua. Many felt Payal Kapadia’s All We Imagine as Light, which won the Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival, should have been the better choice. There are also others who took offence at the reasoning given for selecting Laapataa Ladies as India’s official submission for Oscars 2025.
The page from the official statement that mentions the citation with the reasoning starts with the line ‘Indian women are a strange mixture of submission and dominance’. Laapataa Ladies Movie Review: Kiran Rao’s Social Commentary On Women Empowerment Is Delightfully Entertaining!
FFI’s citation for the Oscar pick is the weirdest reading of #LaapataaLadies. So awfully patronising of women in general, forget Indian women alone. Written by a man suffering from superiority complex? What does “strange mix of submission & dominance” even mean! Offensive! pic.twitter.com/scYHLC4stM
— Namrata Joshi (@Namrata_Joshi) September 23, 2024
This line has offended many on social media, as they felt the sentence belittled what it means to be a woman in India.
How Netizens Reacted to FFI Citation for ‘Laapataa Ladies’
‘Crazy Opening’
“Indian women are a strange mixture of submission and dominance” is a crazy opening for a jury citation https://t.co/foKKvvNFhK
— Uday Bhatia (@yooday) September 23, 2024
‘So Offensive It’s Funny’
That citation is so offensive that it’s funny. https://t.co/nAteUCaExl
— Rahul Desai (@ReelReptile) September 23, 2024
‘ChatGPT’
i haven’t watched the film but even i’m sure that’s not the message of the film. also, has this been written by chatgpt cuz wtf is this writing?
anyway, they shoulda chosen animal for all categories. it would’ve guaranteed a win.pic.twitter.com/iYa9zuQmh3 https://t.co/PaAOMgDJYz
— Pramit (@pramitheus) September 23, 2024
‘Time to Pause’
If your opening line is “Indian women are a strange mixture of submission and dominance” then perhaps it’s time to pause and consider whether you should be making this argument at all https://t.co/Wrp5pGQMI2
— Gayle Sequeira (@ProjectSeestra) September 23, 2024
’50 Shades of Grey Summary’
Will take a Bollywood chaap Woh stree hai kuch bhi kar sakti hai over such I don’t know…50 Shades of Grey summary. 😒 https://t.co/uu83zkC1mh
— Sukanya Verma (@SukanyaVerma) September 23, 2024
‘Jury Ka Spelling’
Kam se kam jury ka spelling toh sahi likhte yaar opening line pe. https://t.co/FagNP2czbQ
— Suyash (@Deochaar) September 23, 2024
BTW, in case you are wondering, here are the jury members involved in the selection of India’s submission for official entry at Oscars 2025.
Such a diverse panel for the selection of India’s official entry to the Oscars. pic.twitter.com/Chuj9HQw6s
— S.R.Praveen (@myopiclenses) September 23, 2024
Will Laapataa Ladies manage to make it to the final nominations for Best International Feature Film at Oscars 2025? Aamir Khan had already pulled it once with the 2001 movie Lagaan, so let’s wait and watch if he can pull off the miracle again. Or will this be the case of India once again selecting the wrong movie as they previously ignored The Lunchbox and RRR in the past?
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