Laapataa Ladies Film Review

Introduction

Laapataa Ladies is an Indian film from 2023, all in Hindi. The Laapataa Ladies film is about women’s rights and the dominant forceful marriage in Indian culture. The film is directed and produced by Kiran Rao, Aamir Khan, and many others. The Laapataa Ladies film cast includes Pratibha Ranta, Nitanshi Goel, Sparsh Shrivastava Chhaya Kadam, and many more actors.

The film also gets an Honor to be presented at the Toronto International Film Festival of 2023. The Laapataa Ladies film was released on 8 September 2023. The film spent a budget of 4_5 crore and earned 22.65 crore in its box office collection.

Plot and Summary

Laapataa Ladies is a story of two different families and their situations. The film revolves around women’s rights and the persecution of women by Indian society. It tells the story of forceful marriages without the consent of the girls. Furthermore, the film explains women as a tool for males to use in different circumstances and situations without caring about their lives and careers, choices, and dislikes.

The Laapataa Ladies film tells the story of Phool and Jaya, two brides who get exchanged on a train with two different men. Phool, who is married to Deepak, hides herself in a station eventually, making her fake husband stop finding her with no longer any hope of finding her. On the other side, Jaya provides a fake account of her personal information that makes police suspicious of her character.

Later, she sells her jewelry and buys a ticket that enables the police to consider her a thief. Later, it was proved that her marriage wasn’t approved with her full consent. She wanted to pursue a career in organic farming but couldn’t do it under her family’s pressure. Finally, she is allowed to pursue her dreams and Deepak also finds her wife’s school at the station.

Casting

Casting is always like a core in the success process of an entire film. The film revolves around two prominent female characters. These characters are played by Nitanshi Goel and Pratibha Ranta, both playing the character roles of Phool Kumari and Jaya. Sparsh Shrivastav appears to play the role of Deepak Kumar, who mistakenly exchanges his wife with another one in the darkness of night. Bhaskar Jha, Abeer Jain, Satendra Soni, and many other actors play their part in the production of the film.

Releasing and Boxing

Ram Sampath composes the music of the film. Its lyrics are written by Divyanidhi Sharma. Overall, the film contains four track songs that make the main contribution to the success of the film. They collectively make the total length of 12:14 minutes of the overall movie’s duration. The film music is released under the production label of T-series music company. The film premiered on Netflix on 26 April 2024. It spent a budget of 4_5 crore and earned 22.65 crore in its box office collection.

Ending of the Laapataa Ladies Film

The ending is fascinating and full of passion as it paves the way for both of them to fulfill their dreams. The film attempts to reflect the Indian tradition of forceful marriages and women’s persecution to some extent. Indian society doesn’t give women the freedom to pursue their career and personal ambitions first before reaching any marital life.

Phool and Jaya both engage in a marriage without fulfilling their dreams Phool always has the desire to be independent she wants to fulfill it when she accidentally loses her husband and joins a tea maker at the station and starts working for her. On the other hand, Jaya’s dream of pursuing her education at the university level became true with the help of police officers and Deepak.

Pradeep, Jaya’s husband, returns to claim her as his wife but SI Shyam, a police inspector, stops him by threatening to file a case against him. The story ends in a happy ending when both the girls are successful in achieving whatever their dreams were.

Short Details about Laapataa Ladies Film

• Release Date
  • 8 September 2023
• Language
  • Hindi
• Country of origin
  • India
• Budget
  • ₹4-5 crore
• Box office
  • ₹21.65 crore
• Running Time
  • 2 hours 4 minutes
• Written
  • By Original Story: Biplab Goswami
    • Screenplay&Dialogues: Divyanidhi Sharma
• Directed
  • By Kiran Rao
• Produced
  • By Amir Khan, Kiran Rao, and Jyoti Deshpande
• Distributed
  • By Yash Raj Films
• Production Companies
  • Jio Studios, Amir Khan Productions and Kindling Pictures
• Edited
  • By Jabeen Merchant
• Music
  • By Ram Sampath
• Cinematography
  • Vikash Nowlakha
• Starring
  • Nitanshi Goel, Pratibha Ranta, Abhay Dubey, Sparsh Srivastav, Chhaya Kadam, and Ravi Kishan