Location Scouting


Hello Readers!

We are shooting most of our indoor scenes at Zainab’s house. The following is a very slick, modern shower where the film will open from where the protagonist is dancing.



The character’s ‘happy place’ is a green area and a swing where he will be seated, however; the swing is rusty if not almost broken, which depicts that even his escape is discomforting, yet that is all he has to fall back on. This swing is placed in Zainab’s backyard, dating back decades.


Then the dining table sequence will be shot here as one can see, the protagonist will seat at the head-table with his parents at the side.


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