When Kiran Rao’s Laapataa Ladies premièred at the Toronto International Film Festival last September, it expectedly won rave reviews. Before the social comedy hits the screens next week, it will make a final pit-stop at Melbourne. It has been selected as the opening film of the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne’s (IFFM) Summer Festival that will run from February 29 to March 2. Currently in its second edition, the three-day festival continues to be a spiritual extension of the IFFM—which takes place in August annually—as it showcases the vibrant spirit of Indian cinema to a wider audience.   

The satire had its world première at the Toronto International Film Festival