Priyanka Chopra's film missed out on winning the award at Oscar 2025, this short film won the competition by defeating Anuja

Oscar 2025: 'Anuja' made by Hollywood director Graves has returned empty handed from the Oscars. Defeating this short film, the Hollywood film 'I am not a robot' has won the award for Best Live Action Short Film. There was a lot of discussion about 'Anuja' in India. The film viewers also praised it a lot. Indian fans may be disappointed with the defeat of 'Anuja', but the show's host has won the hearts of Indians by speaking Hindi on the international stage. Conan O'Brien greeted the Indian audience in Hindi at the 97th Academy Awards held at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles.

What was the story of Anuja?

This short film made by Graves depicts the lives of two sisters. Its story revolves around a girl named Anuja, who works in a clothing factory with her elder sister Palak. The film shows the journey of 9-year-old Anuja's struggle to work and study. In the coming time, she has to take a big decision for herself which can completely change her circumstances. For this, her elder sister also acts as a big shield.

The story of 'I am not a robot'

If we talk about the film which has won the award by defeating Anuja, then 'I am not a robot' got a lot of love at the time of its release in India and abroad. The story of the film is such that a woman named Lara is a music producer by profession. Everything is going smoothly in her life. But in the next few days, something happens to her which raises a big question in front of her.

Suddenly she starts feeling that she is not a human but a robot. The reason behind her feeling like this is some website. Whenever we go to any website, we are asked to verify that you are a human, not a robot. There is a captcha filling test for that. The question of Lara being a robot starts growing in her mind after this test.

All We Imagine As Light did not get a nomination

Let us tell you that at the time of Oscar nominations, every Indian was hoping that Payal Kapadia's All We Imagine As Light would get an Oscar nomination. But the film could not take its journey forward for Oscars. Talking about the connection of the film Anuja with Priyanka Chopra, Guneet Monga is the producer of the film and Priyanka Chopra is the executive producer of 'Anuja'.