2024 will always remain special for actor Pratibha Ranta as she got opportunities to showcase her talent with this year’s two diverse projects ‘Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar’ and ‘Laapataa Ladies’.Notably, on Monday, her skills got wider recognition after the Film Federation of India announced ‘Laapataa Ladies’ as India’s official entry for Oscars 2025.Brimming with excitement, Pratibha spoke with ANI and expressed her heartfelt gratitude.”I love this feeling…we were not expecting it but we were definitely hoping for something of that sort to happen. Today it finally happened. So, we are quite happy. In a day or two, I will meet Kiran (Kiran Rao) ma’am and Aamir sir (Aamir Khan). I will meet the entire team soon. I just want to say that I am grateful…Can’t describe this feeling in words,” she said.”It actually feels like all my hard work has paid off right now. You achieve one goal, then you tend to broaden your vision and you’re able to set more goals. I think that is happening to me right now. I’m able to see a spectrum beyond what I had ever imagined for myself,” Pratibha highlighted.”The film was made on the issues, expectations and aspirations of women. When such a film becomes the country’s official entry to the Oscars then it is very encouraging. I think with this it feels like we are going in the direction of finding solutions to many problems faced by women. People have appreciated the introduction of new faces and talents in this film. It took us 4-5 years to make this film, I want to thank the whole team of the film… Oscars ka raasta lamba aur kathin hota hai par hum apni taraf se puri koshish karenge (The journey to Oscars is not going to be easy but we will give it all),” Kiran emphasised.
