Priyanka Chopra, Guneet Monga-backed Anuja falls at final hurdle, loses Best Live Action Short Oscar to I'm Not A Robot

New Delhi-based film Anuja was nominated in the Best Live Action Short category at the 2025 Oscars.

Anuja, a New Delhi-set coming-of-age short film that was competing at the Oscars 2025 in the Best Live Action Short category, lost out on the award to Dutch-language movie I'm Not a Robot. (

A still from the Oscar-nominated film Anuja.

I'm Not a Robot is a science fiction film written and directed by Victoria Warmerdam. "After failing an online CAPTCHA test, Max faces an existential crisis when he believes he might actually be a robot," read its synopsis.

Anuja, directed by Adam J Graves and Suchitra Mattai, follows a gifted nine-year-old Anuja, who must make a choice between education and factory work alongside her sister - a decision that will shape both their futures. It stars Sajda Pathan and Ananya Shanbhag.

Anuja, currently streaming on Netflix, has two-time Oscar-winning producer Guneet Monga and actor Priyanka Chopra Jonas on board as executive producer and Hollywood star-writer Mindy Kaling as producer.

It is produced in collaboration with the Salaam Baalak Trust (SBT), a nonprofit founded by filmmaker Mira Nair's family in support of street and working children, alongside Shine Global, and Krushan Naik Films.