A young girl beams at the camera. She has braces, wears pink and white striped pyjamas, and has a string of pink balloons and the number 13 floating at the head of her bed behind her. "It's my ...

Two decades later, the camaraderie is very much alive and evident even from a Zoom screen, where Chadha has had her camera switched off so as to tend to her baby girl during the interview. Chadha ...

Shuchi Talati's Girls Will Be Girls begins with an 18-year-old Mira (Preeti Panigrahi), a straight-A student, being announced the head prefect at her strict Himalayan boarding school, after which she ...

In an unspecified North Indian hilltown boarding school, a girl comes of age. That overused phrase ‘coming-of-age’ is a misnomer when it comes to mainstream Hindi cinema: the years between thirteen ...

The girl, Mira (Preeti Panigrahi), stands at the door and listens. The camera mimics her watchful gaze. It is a simple domestic intervention, yet it thrums with suspense. This is a charged ...

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Shuchi Talati’s Girls Will be Girls is a beautiful coming-of-age drama and, unbelievably, a debut by the director. It is about a young girl navigating the challenges of her budding sexuality and other ...

Bollywood actors Ali Fazal and Richa Chadha turned producers for the 2024 Sundance Film Festival award-winning film, Girls Will Be Girls. While the actors have proven their acting caliber time and ...

Writer-director Shuchi Talati’s feature debut Girls Will Be Girls is a deeply resonating, relatable, and ‘special’ film. When we speak of a human connection, more often than not, we’re ...

Review: Shuchi Talati’s Girls Will Be Girls is an impressive debut that burrows into the psyche of its ambitious and high-achieving protagonist. At 16, Mira wants to excel at everything—even ...

Girls Will Be Girls is a compelling coming-of-age film that explores the complexities of human emotions and societal expectations. Directed by Shuchi Talati, it features Preeti Panigrahi and Kani ...