Level Cross (2024)

Anecdotes

Level Cross is a 2024 Indian Malayalam-language psychological drama film written and directed by Arfaz Ayub. It stars Asif Ali, Amala Paul, and Sharaf U Dheen. The music was composed by Vishal Chandrashekhar.

Production

The untitled film was officially announced in March 2023. The film marks the feature film directorial debut of Arfaz Ayub, a former associate of filmmaker Jeethu Joseph, who is also credited as the film's presenter. Ayub's father Adam Ayub wrote the dialogues, based on his screenplay. The film was produced by Ramesh R. Pillai of Abhishek Films. The film's title was announced in January 2024, with a motion poster.

Ayub had previously worked with Asif Ali in Kooman. He envisaged Amala Paul as Chaithali during the scripting process. It took several months to reach Amala, who was eventually contacted with the assistance of Jeethu. Among the three main cast members, Sharaf U Dheen was the last to be cast.

Initially, Ayub planned to film in Rajasthan but changed his plans after visiting Morocco for the shoot of Ram. However, due to the high costs of filming in Morocco, he chose Tunisia as the new location. According to Ayub, during the initial location scouting, they traveled eight hours from the Tunisian capital, Tunis, to reach Tozeur and then walked another two hours to their shooting location.

Principal photography began on 28 March 2023 in Tunisia. It was held in the Tunisian desert, close to the Sahara. After 21 days shoot, principal photography was wrapped on 18 April 2023. A few scenes were also shot in Kerala, India.

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