Newlyweds Richa Chadha, Ali Fazal take debut production Girls will be Girls on floors

The shoot for Ali Fazal and Richa Chadha's maiden production Girls will be Girls has been started and it marks the Hindi debut of Malayalam actress Kani Kusruti.

Mumbai:Actor-couple Richa Chadha and Ali Fazal's first project as producers, Girls Will Be Girls, has started production. The two actors are producing the project through their banner Pushing Buttons Studios. Debutante filmmaker Shuchi Talati is directing the movie from her own script.

Girls will be Girls went on the floors in Uttarakhand recently. The story is set in a boarding school in a small town in the Himalayan foothills and follows a 16-year-old Mira, whose rebellious coming of age is hijacked by her mother who never got to come of age.

Debutante Shuchi Talati is helming the project. Excited about the film, Shuchi said, " I am overwhelmed by the process naturally and am very excited to make my first film. I feel confident about the script since I received validation due to the numerous grants our project has received. I hope I can live up to expectations. I am working with a fantastic set of actors and a great crew, so I feel grateful."

Adding to her thoughts, actor and producer Richa said, " I am grateful for these humble beginnings as I always wanted to get behind good quality indies. Shuchi and I have been friends since college and I am happy to be a part of her journey. I am confident she will make a good feature which has huge international prospects."

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Fazal said the aim behind their production banner is to back new talent. "Girls Will Be Girls is the apt first film step for us in that respect," he added.

The film is an Indo-French co-production being jointly produced by Pushing Buttons Studios, Crawling Angel Films and the French company, Dolce Vita Films. (With agency inputs)