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==Production==
Production of the film under the title ''Desert Dolphin'' took place in [[Khempur]], a village near Udaipur, Rajasthan which was also the location for the film ''[[The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel]]''. As the central set of the film, the producers built Rajasthan's first and India's largest skatepark in Khempur. The film brought together crew from the US, Canada and India.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Coutinho|first1=Natasha|title=Mac Mohan's Daughters Manjari and Vinati enter Bollywood with Indias first film on skateboarding|url=https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/mac-mohans-daughters-manjari-and-vinati-enter-bollywood-with-indias-first-film-on-skateboarding/articleshow/69364104.cms|publisher=Mid-day|date=17 May 2019}}</ref> Production on the film completed in early 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thedisinsider.com/2020/03/17/manjari-makijany-will-direct-the-dance-film-spin-for-disney/|title=Manjari Makijany Will Direct The Dance Film 'Spin' For Disney+|work=The DisInsider|first=Skyler|last=Shuler|date=17 March 2020|access-date=24 July 2020}}</ref>
The production employed approximately five hundred cast and crew including over three hundred and fifty village locals. Over three thousand children were auditioned, many of them skaters from skate communities across India.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://in.makers.yahoo.com/filmmaker-duo-put-india-skateboarding-112333679.html |title=How This Filmmaker Duo Put India's Skateboarding Aspiration On The Global Map |website=Makers India |access-date=July 28, 2021}}</ref> The filmmakers spent over a year researching, writing and meeting with teenage girls and boys in [[Rajasthan]] to write Prerna and Ankush’s characters as authentically as possible. Fifty-five skaters from across India featured in the movie including thirty-four local skaters from [[Khempur]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.zenger.news/2021/06/16/netflix-movies-skate-park-set-now-training-ground-for-indian-village-kids/ |title=Netflix movies skate park set now training ground for indian village kids |website=Zenger |date=16 June 2021 |access-date=June 16, 2021}}</ref>
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