Skater Girl
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| Directed by | Manjari Makijany |
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| Music by | Salim–Sulaiman |
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| Distributed by | Netflix |
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Desert Dolphin (aka Skater Girl) is an upcoming Indian-American coming-of-age sports drama film directed by Manjari Makijany. The cast includes newcomers Rachel Sanchita Gupta and Shafin Patel, and also stars Amrit Maghera, Jonathan Readwin and Waheeda Rehman. It was written by Manjari and Vinati Makijany, who also co-produced the film through their Indian production company Mac Productions.[1]
It is scheduled to be released in 2021 by Netflix.
Synopsis
The film tells the story of a teenage tribal girl in Rajasthan, India who discovers skateboarding after a thirty something British-Indian girl introduces skateboarding in a village.
Cast
- Rachel Sanchita Gupta as Prerna
- Amrit Maghera as Jessica
- Waheeda Rehman as Maharani
- Shafin Patel as Ankush
- Anurag Arora as Mahesh
- Jonathan Readwin as Erick
- Swati Das as Shanti
- Ankit Rao as Vikram
- Ambrish Saxena as Ramkesh
- Vivek Yadav as Tipu
- Sohan Suhalka as Vishwinath
- Sahidur Rahaman as Police Officer
Production
Production of the film took place in a village near Udaipur, Rajasthan called Khempur. As the central set of the film, the Producers decided to build Rajasthan's first and India's largest skatepark in Khempur which was also the location for the film The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel. The film brought together crew from the US, Canada and India.[2] Production on the film completed in early 2020.[3]
Release
It is scheduled to be released in 2021.[4]
References
- ^ Vijayakar, R.M. (16 August 2019). "waheeda-rehman-returns-to-udaipur-years-after-guide-for-desert". IndiaWest.
- ^ Coutinho, Natasha (17 May 2019). "Mac Mohan's Daughters Manjari and Vinati enter Bollywood with Indias first film on skateboarding". Mid-day.
- ^ Shuler, Skyler (17 March 2020). "Manjari Makijany Will Direct The Dance Film 'Spin' For Disney+". The DisInsider. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
- ^ "Coming-of-Age Family Film "Desert Dolphin" Skates to Netflix". Netflix Media Center. 6 August 2020.