Anuja revolves around the nine-year-old title character, who works in a Delhi-based garment factory with her older sister Palak. Anuja may have won several hearts, but at Oscars 2025 it

The third time was not the charm for Guneet Monga and the short film Anuja which she co-produced through her banner Sikhya Entertainment. Earlier, she produced Rayka Zehtabchi's Period. End of Sentence in 2019 and Kartiki Gonsalves's The Elephant Whisperers in 2023 both went on to win the Best Documentary Short trophies at the Oscars.

Hours after short film Anuja lost out on the Best Live Action Short Oscar, producer Guneet Monga on Monday said she joined the project not only to support the filmmakers but also to amplify the voices of children.

Not just the team, the entire country rejoiced when American Hindi-language short film, Anuja was nominated for the Best Live Action Short Film award at the 97th Academy Awards. But sadly, the movie didn’t bring home the prestigious award and lost it to the Dutch film I’m Not a Robot.

Oscars saw a fierce competition in the Best Live Action Short Film category. Indian film Anuja was nominated, but the Dutch film I'm Not a Robot took home the award.

The 2025 Academy Awards saw 'Anuja', a poignant coming-of-age short film set in New Delhi, miss out on the Best Live Action Short Film award.

Priyanka Chopra and Guneet Monga-backed 'Anuja', a New Delhi-set short film, which was nominated in the Live Action Short Category at Oscars 2025, lost the prestigious award to Dutch-language film 'I'm Not a Robot'.

Fans were eager to witness the fate of Priyanka Chopra-backed American-Hindi film Anuja at the 97th Academy Awards, aka Oscars 2025. However, it has been announced that the film has lost the prestigious honor for Best Live Action Short Film to a Dutch sci-fi film,

I’m Not a Robot” from writer-director Victoria Warmerdam is a 22-minute Dutch-language film about a music producer who wonders if she might not be human when she keeps failing online Captcha tests meant to prove that users filling out online forms are real people and not spambots.

Hours after short film "Anuja" lost out on the Best Live Action Short Oscar, producer Guneet Monga on Monday said she joined the project not only to support the filmmakers but also to amplify the voices of children.