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'Akhri Somvaar' follows the story of a successful reality TV producer who becomes desperate to get married after someone at work calls her a "childless cat lady".
After turning a producer, actor Richa Chadha is now set to debut as a screenwriter with her upcoming film Akhri Somvaar, which she will also headline as an actor.
Chadha penned the script of the film, billed as a "heartfelt dramedy", during the second lockdown.
Akhri Somvaar follows the story of 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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"From my experiences of growing up in a middle-class Punjabi household, 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," Chadha said in a statement.
The actor observed how, with time, young dreams and ambitions get "dulled" when a person starts working and before they know it, they are in the mid-30s, "hoping to have both a career and a husband/family" but society thinks it's "too late".
"You become jaded because the dreams are now not achievable. It is a slice-of-life story, about coming undone and coming together. There is currently a dearth of family entertainment and I think as an actor, my comic timing has been greatly under-utilised. Speaking as a producer, it is a monetisable asset," she added.
Chadha, who will also produce Aakhri Somwar, is yet to announce the director of the film. She produced last year's acclaimed coming-of-age drama Girls Will Be Girls and was also seen in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Netflix series Heeramandi.