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Dev Patel said filming his directorial debut Monkey Man during the pandemic was full of challenges, which ranged from financial crunch to damaged equipment...
While the film is set in Mumbai, it wasn't filmed on location..
Dev Patel revealed that thanks to the Covid-19 pandemic, his crew faced financial challenges weeks before they went on floors..
All of the locations we prepped for months at we lost day of so we had to adapt last minute, wrote Dev, adding, "We pivoted and went to a tiny island in Indonesia where we could create a bubble in an empty hotel for the whole crew of nearly 500 people..
Inspired by the legend of Lord Hanuman, Monkey Man is set in Mumbai and features Dev as Kid, a man on a quest for vengeance against the corrupt leaders who murdered his mother and continue to systemically victimise the poor and powerless..
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