Richa Chadha, Ali Fazal Launches Their Production Banner 'Pushing Buttons Studios'

Actors Richa Chadha, and Ali Fazal have launched their production banner "Pushing Buttons Studios". The first project under this banner will be the coming-of-age story "Girls Will Be Girls" which will be directed by debutante filmmaker Shuchi Talati who has also narrated the script of this film.

Set in an elite boarding school in a small Himalayan hill town, the story is about 16-year-old Mira, whose sexy, rebellious coming-of-age is hijacked by her mother who never got to come-of-age. Mother and daughter grow up together through the course of the script and their fraught but ultimately loving relationship is the beating heart of the film.



"Girls Will Be Girls" is the only Indian script invited to the prestigious Berlinale Script Station 2021, a lab that selects 10 projects from around the world every year, according to the makers. It is also the only Indian project at the Jerusalem Script Lab this year where it will be presented formally at the Jerusalem Film Festival in July, they added.

#GirlsWillBeGirls is the only #Indian script invited to the prestigious Berlinale Script Station 2021... A lab that selects only 10 projects from around the world each year.

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Chadha and Talati have been longtime collaborators as they previously co-directed a documentary about adults living with autism and Down's syndrome when they were students at Mumbai's Sophia College.

"In my opinion, Shuchi is an amazing voice and I've been following her evolution for years, knowing that one day an incandescent film would be born from her brain. She is definitely a filmmaker to watch out for", Chadha said.

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