Ahmed Sarym Sajeel - AS

Hello Readers! So we finally decided upon our cast of some very talented individuals, firstly we casted Mustafa Babar, who is a renowned teenage YouTuber here, in Pakistan, for the protagonist’s part. We then got a hold of Kamila Aazeen, who has modeled locally, for the character of the other woman. For the parents, our teammate Zainab helped us cast Muhammad Ali Hyat as the father and Ayesha Hyat for the mother’s part. However, what we found most exciting was when popular actress/producer, Hareem Farooq agreed to do our voiceover, narrating two of Rumi’s poems that we had selected for the opening. Before we even began filming, I went over to Hareem’s office to record, here is us all smiles after the job was done. This also helped us in coordinating our shots as to what word of the narration would befit what scene for greater impact on the viewer.

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.

Hello Readers! So we are extremely particular about safety and security of our crew and cast, so the first thing we did was prepare the Risk Assessment Sheet that prepares us for our shoot.