Filmmaker Kiran Rao's 'Laapataa Ladies', India's official entry for Best International Feature at the 97th Academy Awards, failed to make it to the Oscars shortlist. Post this, three-time Grammy winner Ricky Kej and filmmaker Hansal Mehta took to social media to criticise India's film selection for the Oscars by the Film Federation of India. 

Ricky Kej blames poor selection of movies for India's loss at Oscars

After the Oscars shortlist was announced, musician Ricky Kej took to X (formerly Twitter) and wrote, "So, the @TheAcademy Oscars shortlist is out. #LaapataaLadies is a very well made, entertaining movie (I enjoyed it), but was absolutely the wrong choice to represent India for the best #InternationalFeatureFilm category. As expected, it lost."