The critically acclaimed movie Girls Will Be Girls was released on Amazon Prime Video on December 18, 2024. Girls Will Be Girls is Richa Chadha and Ali Fazal's debut production movie directed by Shuchi Talati. Girls Will Be Girls is a simple but strong coming-of-age teen drama that revolves around a girl named Mira and how she deals with the various aspects of her life i.e. first love, and relationship with her mother. Girls Will Be Girls perfectly captures what a girl goes through when puberty hits.
Apart from a simple & Strong storyline, what is indeed eye-catching is the location of the movie where it has been shot. Since you have landed on this page, True Scoop assumes that you have already watched Girls Will Be Girls on Prime Video and therefore digging deep into the boarding school that has been shown in the movie.
Where is real boarding school shown in Girls Will Be Girls?
Before talking about Girls Will Be Girls Boarding School, let's understand the storyline in brief. As mentioned above, Girls Will Be Girls is a coming-of-age drama, it starts with a girl named Mira played by Preeti Panigrahi becoming the head prefect of her boarding school. Mira broke the stereotype by becoming the first girl head prefect of the boarding school.
Mira who is 16 or 17 years old falls in love with a boy named Srinivasan. Since she is studying in a boarding school where discipline is paramount, falling in love may lead to her expulsion. Still, Mira falls in love with Srinivas who is also new in school. Srinivas has returned from Hong Kong mid-year as his father is a diplomat. Girls Will Be Girls also showcases the complex relationship between a mother and a daughter especially when the daughter is approaching 18 and other hormones start to kick in.
Girls Will Be Girls Boarding School
The makers have deliberately omitted the name of the boarding school shown in the Amazon Prime Video movie. Due to the picturesque boarding school, fans are digging deep into it. The makers did not mention anything about whether they shot the movie in a real boarding school or not.
However, the synopsis suggests that the boarding school is in the Himalayan foothills. On digging more, True Scoop found that the makers shot the movie in 45 days in the northern Indian region of Uttarakhand, and in the capital Dehradun. Hence, the picturesque locations.
Furthermore, True Scoop tried to dig more about Girls Will Be Girls Boarding School, and on reverse searching the image, it found out that it looked somewhat similar to a college in Shimla. The name of the college in Shimla that looks somewhat similar to Girls Will Be Girls Boarding School is Rajkiya Kanya Mahavidyalaya Shimla. However, the makers have not confirmed it and it is possible that the movie has been shot in different locations.
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