after missing ladies After failing to make the final shortlist for Oscars 2025, three-time Grammy Award-winning composer Ricky Cage criticized the selectors for sending the Aamir Khan-backed film as India’s official Oscar entry.
Directed by Kiran Rao, missing ladies It was India’s official submission for the Best International Feature category. It was selected from a list of 29 films including blockbusters of 2023 enemaL, Malayalam National Award winner attam and cannes winners We imagine everything as light,
The Academy announced the shortlisted films in this category on Tuesday missing ladies Didn’t make the cut.
One of the first people to respond, Ricky Cage, said in a lengthy post on X, “Year after year, we’re picking the wrong movies.”
Ricky feels that not only are we choosing the wrong films for the Oscars, but we also can’t think beyond the “mainstream Bollywood bubble” we live in.
He added, “There are so many excellent films made, and we should be winning the #InternationalFeatureFilm category every year! Unfortunately we live in a “Mainstream Bollywood” bubble, where we can’t see beyond the films we ourselves find entertaining ”
The composer also believes that only good films should be considered for this category, regardless of their budget or star cast.
He commented in the post, “We should only look for good films made by filmmakers who don’t compromise with their art… low budget or big budget… star or no star… simply great “Artistic Cinema.”
Check out his post here:
This much @academy The Oscar shortlist has arrived. #LaapataaaLadies A very well made, entertaining film (I enjoyed it), but it was absolutely the wrong choice to represent the best of India. #InternationalFeatureFilm Social class. As expected, she lost.
When will we realize..years… pic.twitter.com/iWGpSXY1KD– Ricky Kej (@rickykej) 18 December 2024
In the highly competitive International Feature Film category, from among the 85 eligible countries and territories, 15 films were selected for the next round of voting.
Even though Kiran Rao’s film did not make it to the list, a Hindi-language film from the United Kingdom titled SatisfactionWas shortlisted.
Meanwhile, Payal Kapadia We imagine everything as light His impressive streak of accolades continues.
After being the first Indian film to qualify for the Cannes Film Festival in 30 years and winning multiple awards, the film has now earned two nominations at the 82nd Golden Globe Awards – one for Best Motion Picture – Non-English Language and the other for For Best Directing-Motion Picture.
To date no Indian film has won in the International Feature Film category of the Academy Awards. Only three Indian films – Mother India (1957), Salaam Bombay! (1988), and rent (2001), has been nominated, but has not won.
