Actor-producer Richa Chadha has turned writer for her upcoming comedy-drama tentatively titled “Akhri Somvaar”.
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Chadha will also star in the film, which is described as a “refreshing take on love, societal expectations, and the lengths one goes to for a dream wedding”, according to a press release.
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“Akhri Somvaar” revolves around a successful reality TV producer who becomes desperate to get married after someone at work calls her a ‘childless cat lady’.
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The 38-year-old actor, who recently ventured into production with her husband Ali Fazal, said the movie is inspired by her experiences of growing up in a middle-class Punjabi household.
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“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 graduate from college, we are full of dreams and ambitions.
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“Somehow those dreams get dulled when we enter the job market and before you know it, you are 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,” she said in a statement.
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Chadha said the film is a slice-of-life story about “coming undone and coming together”.
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“I think there is currently a dearth of family entertainment. And I think as an actor, my comic timing has been greatly underutilised,” she added.