Writing for The Hollywood Reporter, Indian critic Anupama Chopra termed it "quietly heartbreaking" and added that "female teenage sexuality has rarely been captured with this sensitivity and nuance in an Indian film".Read at source
Girls Will Be Girls 2024 
Synopsis
Girls Will Be Girls
Girls Will Be Girls is a 2024 coming-of-age drama film, written and directed by Shuchi Talati. It stars Preeti Panigrahi, Kani Kusruti, and Kesav Binoy Kiron. An Indian and French co-production, the film is Talati's feature directorial debut, as well as the acting debut of both Panigrahi and Kiron.
- Director
- Shuchi Talati
- Studio
- —
- Run time
- 90 min
- Language
- Hindi, English
Reviews
2 Indian-media reviews, grouped by reception.
Critics' consensus
Mixed
Wikipedia-cited reviews for Girls Will Be Girls are mixed overall across 2 collected excerpts. The cited excerpts do not provide enough numeric scores for an aggregate.
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Wendy Ide of The Guardian wrote, "Talati's work with her young cast is first-rate; this sensitively handled coming-of-age picture deservedly won an audience prize at Sundance".Read at source
Media & trailers
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Details
Technical specs
- Run time
- 90 min
- Language
- Hindi, English
- Country
- IN, FR
- Director
- Shuchi Talati
Trivia
- The film is an Indian and French co-production and marks Shuchi Talati's feature directorial debut.
- The movie was shot in over 45 days in Uttarakhand and Dehradun, northern India.
- Preeti Panigrahi and Kesav Binoy Kiron made their acting debuts in this film.
- The production utilized a majority female crew, including producers Claire Chassagne and Richa Chadha.
- The film won the Independent Spirit John Cassavetes Award among its accolades.
- It premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival, where it participated in the competition section.
