New Delhi. Missing Ladies has officially entered the Oscars. Now the focus is on getting a nomination in the Best Foreign Film category. This film is directed by Kiran Rao in which Pratibha Ranta, Nitanshi Goyal, Sparsh Srivastava, Chhaya Kadam and Ravi Kishan are seen in the lead roles.

Kiran Rana expressed his happiness by sharing a post on social media about his film's entry in the Oscars. He wrote in an Instagram post, 'I am very honored and happy that our film 'Laapta Ladies' has been selected as India's official entry for the Academy Awards.

Kiran Rao rejected it

In the film, Sparsh Srivastava has played the role of Deepak, Pratibha Ranta has played Jaya and Nitanshi Goyal has played the role of Phool. Ravi Kishan's character is named Sub-Inspector Shyam Manohar. But do you know that Aamir Khan had also auditioned for a role in the film and he wanted to do this role with all his heart. However, he was rejected by Kiran Rao. What was that role and why did Aamir Khan have to face rejection, let's find out.

Which character was that?

Yes, in an interview given to a news portal recently, Aamir said, 'The story was very good and it had a very good character. I thought that when I tell Kiran that I want to do this character, she will be happy. When I told her about this, Kiran said, you are a big star, my film is small and you will disbalance it. Then I said okay but let me give a screen test. Let's see if this role will suit me or not? Then I gave a screen test for Missing Ladies.' Aamir wanted to play the character of Ravi Kishan.

Aamir Khan was ready to change his appearance

He further said, 'After giving the screen test, both Kiran and I liked it, but we both were afraid that if I came out as a star, people's expectations would increase. We felt that I should not be in the film under any circumstances. Aamir suggested that he would completely change his appearance like Robert Downey Jr. of Tropic Thunder. But the director refused him and said what is the use?

The film was shot in real locations of Sehore district of Madhya Pradesh. The makers also added real villagers and locations in the film as part of the film.