Bollywood Hungama rated the film 3/5 stars, writing, "Laapataa Ladies works due to the amusing plot, performances, underlying message and some memorable funny and emotional scenes."Read at source
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Synopsis
Laapataa Ladies
Laapataa Ladies, released internationally as Lost Ladies, is a 2023 Indian Hindi-language comedy-drama film directed by Kiran Rao, and produced by Rao, Aamir Khan, and Jyoti Deshpande. It stars Sparsh Shrivastava, Nitanshi Goel, Pratibha Ranta, Chhaya Kadam and Ravi Kishan, and tells the story of two young newly-wed brides who get exchanged during a train ride to their husband's homes.
- Director
- Kiran Rao
- Release
- 1 Mar 2024
- Studio
- Jio Studios
- Run time
- 124 min
- Language
- Hindi
Reviews
6 Indian-media reviews, grouped by reception.
Critics' consensus
Generally Positive
Critics' aggregate for Laapataa Ladies is 74/100 from 7 scored critic/publication reviews including Rotten Tomatoes.
Synthesized by AI (gpt-5-codex-omdb-enricher) from 8 source-backed reviews — verify against the linked sources.Common praise
- direction
- emotional impact
Positive 6
Catherine Bray of The Guardian gave the film 3 out of 5 stars and stated, "If you can get with the larky premise, Kiran Rao’s tale of mixed-up newlyweds makes for a gently probing comedy of manners."Read at source
Rishil Jogani of Pinkvilla rated the film 4/5 and opined that Laapataa Ladies "is funny, witty, quirky, entertaining and empowering.Read at source
Saibal Chatterjee of NDTV gave the film a rating of 3.5/5 and stated that Kiran Rao returns to the director's seat "with a work that strikes the right notes.Read at source
In a review for The Indian Express, Shubhra Gupta rated the film 3.5 out of 5 stars and wrote, "Kiran Rao's film is unapologetically message-y, but its strongly beating feminist heart overrides the broad brush strokes.Read at source
Tushar Joshi of India Today rated 4/5 and said in his review that "Laapataa Ladies is a terrific watch simply because it is put together so well.Read at source
Media & trailers
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Details
Soundtrack
- Doubtwa Sukhwinder Singh
- Sajni Arijit Singh
- Dheeme Dheeme 1.0 Shreya Ghoshal
- Beda Paar Sona Mohapatra
Technical specs
- Release date
- 1 Mar 2024
- Run time
- 124 min
- Language
- Hindi
- Country
- IN
- Director
- Kiran Rao
- Studio
- Jio Studios
- Budget
- est. ₹4–5 crore
- Distributor
- PVR Inox Pictures (India), Yash Raj Films (International)
- Certificate
- TV-14
Trivia
- The film was shot on location in Bamuliya and Dhamankheda villages in the Sehore district of Madhya Pradesh.
- Local villagers were cast as secondary characters and the film was shot in actual houses in the area.
- The film received a record-breaking 24 nominations and won 13 awards at the 70th Filmfare Awards.
- Yash Raj Films acquired global distribution rights for the film.
- The film premiered on Netflix on 26 April 2024.
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