Girls Will Be Girls Just Slayed the 2025 Spirit Awards, and Richa Chadha and Ali Fazal Are Popping Champagne!

Hold onto your popcorn, Bollywood fans—Girls Will Be Girls just made history as the first Indian film to snag the John Cassavetes Award at the 2025 Film Independent Spirit Awards! Produced by power couple Richa Chadha and Ali Fazal, this little indie gem (made for under $1 million, because who needs a blockbuster budget to shine?) strutted its stuff on February 24, 2025, and walked away with one of the coolest trophies in indie film land. Move over, Hollywood—India’s crashing the party, and we’r