Laapataa Ladies, released internationally as Lost Ladies,^[6] is a 2023 Indian Hindi-language comedy-drama film directed by Kiran Rao,^[7] and produced by Rao, Aamir Khan, and Jyoti Deshpande.^[8] It stars Nitanshi Goel, Pratibha Ranta, Sparsh Shrivastava, 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.^[9]

The film was screened at the 48th Toronto International Film Festival on 8 September 2023,^[2] and was theatrically released on 1 March 2024.^[10] The film opened to positive reviews from critics and audience and was praised for its story, screenplay and cast performances.^[11][12]

It won Best Film (Critics’ Choice) at the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne.^[13] The film was selected as the Indian entry for the Best International Feature Film for the 97th Academy Awards.^[14][15]

• Nitanshi Goel as Phool Kumari
• Pratibha Ranta as Jaya Tripathi Singh / Pushpa Rani
• Sparsh Shrivastav as Deepak Kumar
• Chhaya Kadam as Manju Maai
• Ravi Kishan as Sub-Inspector Shyam Manohar
• Geeta Agrawal Sharma as Yashoda, Deepak’s mother
• Satendra Soni as Chhotu
• Abeer Jain as Bablu, Deepak’s nephew
• Bhaskar Jha as Pradeep Singh
• Daood Hussain as Gunjan
• Durgesh Kumar as Dubey Ji
• Pankaj Sharma as Deepak’s father
• Kanupriya Rishimum as Bela
• Sanjay Dogra as Murti
• Shad Mohamad as Hanif
• Ravi Kapadiya as Abdul
• Vivek Sawrikar as Station Master
• Rachna Gupta as Poonam Kumari
• Pranjal Pateriya as Raghu
• Samarth Mayor as Bilas
• Abhay Dubey as Prisoner