Bihar Content Creator Recreates Laapataa Ladies Scenes, Nitanshi Goel Reacts

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22-05-2025

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Ankit Jha, a Bihar-based content creator, has recreated some of the popular scenes from Kiran Rao's Laapataa Ladies.
Kiran Rao's critically acclaimed film Laapataa Ladies is garnering praise even over a year after its release. Recently, a Bihar-based content creator paid tribute to the comedy-drama by recreating a few scenes from it. The viral video has caught the attention of the film's lead actor Nitanshi Goel.
Digital creator Ankit Kumar recently shared a video on his handle @pixel_wale_jhaji on Instagram. The clip shows a recreated version of several scenes from the film, which was released in theatres in March last year.
The video soon gained significant attention on the social media platform, receiving more than 1 lakh views and over 2,000 likes.
It opens up with a popular line from the film, 'English bol ke dikhaiye". Thereafter fans get to witness a recreation of some of the scenes from the film and it looks almost identical to the original.
In the comments section, many highlighted how the costume, expressions and tone in the video look quite similar to the scenes from the film.
'We recreated the chaos, courage & charm of Laapataa Ladies," Jha wrote on Instagram.
Nitanshi Goel, who essayed the lead role in the film, admired the effort and responded with a flower and sparkle emoji.
Besides her, several others have praised the work and dedication of the content creator and his team.
'Great one. Keep creating," one user wrote.
Another one added, 'Dear team, I want to take a moment to say — truly outstanding work! You've done an amazing job."
One user stated that every take, acting as well as make-up of people in the video was done 'perfectly" and it 'doesn't look like" a recreated version.
Someone even commented that the video 'felt like something straight out of a proper indie film".
Released on March 1 last year, Laapataa Ladies was co-produced by Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan, Kiran Rao and Jyoti Deshpande under the banners Aamir Khan Productions, Kindling Pictures and Jio Studios. It was presented by Yash Raj Films.
The film was based in the fictional state of Nirmal Pradesh and narrates the journey of two brides as they get mistakenly swapped in a mix-up during a train journey.
Besides Nitanshi Goel, the film also features Sparsh Shrivastava, Pratibha Ranta, Chhaya Kadam and Ravi Kishan.
Laapataa Ladies was India's official entry for the Best International Feature film category at the 97th Academy Awards, held in March this year.
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