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Ali Fazal and Richa Chadha finally give their wedding update!

Ali Fazal and Richa Chadha are one of the most famous B Town couples. When the two are not busy with their respective projects they are busy working on producing films with some path-breaking initiatives.

Richa and Ali were recently asked about working with an all-female crew on their upcoming production Girls Will Be Girls.

When asked why he made that decision, Ali stated, “This particular challenge came out of necessity. When we began our project Girls Will Be Girls, the movie which we will be shooting in October, we realized that we wanted an all-girl crew as much as we could. Suddenly we looked at the light department and realized that there was nobody. I mean in the last five years, female cinematographers have emerged. We decided to search. There were only a couple of female gaffers. Otherwise, there was nobody. That’s when Tanya, one of our associates, came up with the idea, why can’t we do this?”

He further added, “Richa can elaborate about this whole program. We made an announcement and about 40-50 girls applied for this. We chose 10. We are very excited. I think this is a starting foundation for this particular demand. The idea is to champion these few who can eventually champion more and to create a system where this is normalized. Right now, there are no girls in focus, grip or lights departments. First, you have to create a pit to lay down the foundation.”

Richa also said, “Shuchi (director of Girls Will Be Girls) wanted an all-female crew. Because she had directed a short film with an all-female crew. She said it was easy for her to work on that project. So, she said she wanted to do the same in the feature film. The thing is that the perception needs to change.”

Ali Fazal described his own experience, saying, “It’s happening in the west. My film Kandahar was lit by a female gaffer. Our line producers were women. And this was in Saudi Arabia where nobody had shot before. You know, there were people from 65 countries on our set. Our action team was Bulgarian, camera team was Spanish. These are geographically different people. Men and women were all equal during the shoot. This is a starting stage of normalizing that in our industry.”

Ali and Richa have been putting off their wedding for a long time. The actress has stated that she desires a large celebration. When asked about D-Day, Richa stated, “This year. We are trying to fix the dates. Iss saal toh karni padegi (We will have to get hitched this year) (laughs).”

Vidya

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In a world full of writers, I'll just be another one with an edge to be the best. I am a content writer by trade and part-time poet.

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Vidya

In a world full of writers, I'll just be another one with an edge to be the best. I am a content writer by trade and part-time poet.
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