Desert Dolphin

Desert Dolphin 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]

Desert Dolphin
Directed byManjari Makijany
Produced by
  • Manjari Makijany
  • Vinati Makijany
  • Emmanuel Pappas
Screenplay by
  • Manjari Makijany
  • Vinati Makijany
Music bySalim–Sulaiman
Production
company
  • Skatepark Films
  • Mac Productions
Distributed byNetflix
Release date
  • 2021 (2021)
Country
  • India
  • United States
Language
  • Hindi
  • English

It is scheduled for a 2021 release on Netflix.[2]

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.[3] Production on the film completed in early 2020.[4]

References
  1. Vijayakar, R.M. (16 August 2019). "waheeda-rehman-returns-to-udaipur-years-after-guide-for-desert". IndiaWest.
  2. "Coming-of-Age Family Film "Desert Dolphin" Skates to Netflix". Netflix Media Center. 6 August 2020.
  3. Coutinho, Natasha (17 May 2019). "Mac Mohan's Daughters Manjari and Vinati enter Bollywood with Indias first film on skateboarding". Mid-day.
  4. Shuler, Skyler (17 March 2020). "Manjari Makijany Will Direct The Dance Film 'Spin' For Disney+". The DisInsider. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
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