India, Jan. 28 -- Kiran Rao's directorial feature Laapataa Ladies might not have secured an Oscar nomination, but it has now secured a nomination for a Japan Academy Film Prize. The film, which saw a theatrical release in Japan last year in October, was met warmly by the audience and completed a 100-day run at the box office. Now, it has been nominated in the prestigious Best International Film category at the Japan Academy Film Prize 2024. (Also read: Laapataa Ladies team disappointed after Kiran Rao's film exits Oscars 2025 race: 'For us, this is not the end')

Laapataa Ladies is nominated in the category alongside Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer, Yorgos Lanthimos' Poor Things, Jonathan Glazer's The Zone of Interest, and Alex Garland's ...