Richa Chadha Announces Her Next Romantic Drama 'Akhri Somvaar' On Valentine’s Day; Deets Inside
Girls Will Be Girls marks the debut of Richa Chadha and Ali Fazal as producers. It was released on Prime Video on December 18.
Richa Chadha has announced her next romantic drama Akhri Somvaar. The actress has penned the script of a heartfelt dramedy in which she is set to star herself. The film is tentatively titled Akhri Somvaar. It is about a successful reality TV producer who becomes desperate to get married after someone at work calls her a ‘childless cat lady’.
Speaking about ‘Aakhri Somwar’, Richa Chadha shares " From my experiences of growing up in a middle-classs Punjabi household, from my childhood, watching older cousins be set-up for arranged marriages, emerged this deeply personal story that i think a lot of families will resonate with. When we garduate from college, we are full of dreams and ambitions. Somehow those dreams get dulled when we enter the job market and before you know it, your’e in your mid-30s hoping to have both a career and a husband/family but society thinks it’s too late and you become jaded because the dreams are now not achievable. It is a slice-of-life story, about coming undone and coming together. I think there is currently a dearth of family entertainment. And I think as an actor, my comic timing has been greatly under-utilized. Speaking as a producer, it is a monetizable asset’.
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‘Aakhri Somwar’ promises to be a refreshing take on love, societal expectations, and the lengths one goes to for a dream wedding. Richa remains tight-lipped about the director who has be chosen to helm this project.
Girls Will Be Girls marks the debut of Richa Chadha and Ali Fazal as producers with their joint venture Pushing Buttons Studios. Written and directed by Shuchi Talati, it revolves around a compelling story set in a boarding school in a small Himalayan town in North India. The film features debutants Preeti Panigrahi and Kesav Binoy Kiron alongside Kani Kusruti in lead roles and was released on Prime Video on December 18.
The film also marks the debut of Richa and Ali as producers with their joint venture Pushing Buttons Studios. Speaking about the India release of their film during a chat with ANI, the Heeramandi actress shared, “This is our first film (as producers) and it’s a highly awarded one. It bagged awards at the Sundance Film Festival, had screenings at Busan and TIFF. Also, at the Mumbai Film Festival (MAMI), we won four awards. Now we are bringing this Indian film to the Indian audience."
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