Since her debut in 2008 with Oye Lucky Oye, actress Richa Chadha’s filmography includes several critically acclaimed and influential films including Masaan, Gangs of Wasseypur 1 & 2, Fukrey and Love Sonia. Richa has now added another feather to her cap by launching a production company called Pushing Button Studio with actor Ali Fazal. The actors’ debut film under the banner is Girls Will Be Girls, which will be helmed by filmmaker Suchi Talati.
In an interaction with News18, Richa talks about her new role in the industry as a producer as well as several projects in her pipeline. Talking about Girls Will Be Girls, Richa said, “We are making the film with our batchmate and friend Suchi Talati. I am very happy to collaborate with her, not because we are friends but also because she has always been special. She is really smart and her voice is very unique. We are looking forward to putting together a women’s crew. We want to create a space where gender is not something that bothers us anymore. We want to experience what it would be like to have no gender on the sets. Let’s see how it goes and what kind of result we get.”
Richa revealed that the project is now in the early stages of production and will go on floors in the summer of 2022. “Right now we are doing pre-production, applying for various funds, sending the script to the lab and things like that. It’s very newborn,” she said.
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On why it was important for him as an actor to launch his own production house, “We didn’t think we were actors so we should start a production company. When you are an actor, you also have a love for cinema. That is an area of interest. It was important because we wanted to tell stories we could relate to, and that’s not always the case when you’re an actor. I think it’s like growing up, and now more people are doing it.
“I like to know what will be the fate of the film. Nobody signs a film expecting it to go south. People find potential in it and always find that an idea that will make it work. I think For that reason, and basically to have more control, not only over the things we do, but also over what we do in the world.Ali and I, we over each other and over each other’s beauty Trust me. So it wasn’t a difficult idea. We thought we should do something together and it should work for both of us.”
Apart from this, Richa is currently shooting for Tigmanshu Dhulia’s Six Suspects with Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story star Prateek Gandhi. Talking about her experience filming the show, Richa said, “Tigmanshu Dhulia is one such director who is on the wish-list of every actor who comes to Mumbai. For me, I have messaged him many times before saying that we should work together. So when I got the call, I was very happy.”
Richa also recently featured in a podcast titled Virus 2062 with Ali Fazal. In the mystery-thriller podcast, a mentally ill patient tells his doctor that he has come from the future to save the planet from a virus outbreak. He further says that she is the only one who can do this. Talking about her experience working on the podcast, Richa said, “It was an experiment so I don’t know whether I passed or failed. But I want to do it again and do it better next time. Podcasts are interesting, they’re like radio where Ali and I had some kind of experience. It was something we were open to doing and we thoroughly enjoyed it. In fact, Mantra, the producer of our podcast, joined me in acting and theater. So it was nice working with him again. He was a great director for us and he really helped us being an actor with radio experience. He told us what kind of modulation to use, What kind of energy to use and things like that.”
Meanwhile, Richa was last seen in Voot series Kandy opposite Ronit Roy. He also has Fukrey 3 and Inside Edge Season 3 in the pipeline.
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