Parliamentarian and actor Ravi Kishan says it's a “sad day” as his film Laapataa Ladies, directed by Kiran Rao, is out of the Oscars race. Still, he is “happy that the film reached so far”.

Sweta Kaushal writes about Bollywood and Indian films. Indian filmmaker Kiran Rao returns to film direction after a gap of more than a decade with her latest offering, the Hindi film Laapataa ...