Cosmo (Reese Scholtz), a South African pianist falls in love with Sakeena (Reena Anjali), a British Muslim ballerina, who is being forced into an arranged marriage by her abusive radicalized Uncle Jehandar (Umit Ulgen).
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Cosmo, a South African pianist falls in love with Sakeena, a British Muslim ballerina, who is being forced into an arranged marriage by her abusive radicalised Uncle. Through their struggle, Cosmo tries to show that the power of love, is far more important than the love for power.
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
 | Reese Scholtz | - | Cosmo |
 | Reena Anjali | - | Sakeena |
 | Umit Ulgen | - | Jehandar |
 | Jonathan Hansler | - | Crawford |
 | Fredi 'Kruga' Nwaka | - | Benzart |
 | Michael Oram | - | Jonjo |
| Ali Storm | - | Rome |
 | Michael Schiniou | - | Daisy |
| Shiraz Khan | - | Akram |
 | Sarah Alexandra Marks | - | Hannah |
| Rishi Rai | - | Nabi |
 | Jennifer Munby | - | Mother Elvi |
 | Rishi Nair | - | Ali |
 | Nitin Parasher | - | Qabos |
 | Colin Burt Vidler | - | Sherlock |
Every cast member was given 6 months rehearsal time apart from Reese Scholtz who played Cosmo and Michael Schiniou who played Daisy.
Reese was cast 4 weeks before filming and Michael came on board 3 weeks before filming.
Michael Schiniou who plays Daisy, is known as Jazzy M, the Godfather of UK House Music. Jazzy M was the pioneer behind House Music in the late 1980s. Michael was brought onto the film 3 weeks before filming, giving him less amount of rehearsal time than Reese Scholtz.
Originally Darren Sean Enright was cast to play the role of Daisy.
Callum Andrew Johnston finished writing the screenplay at 20 years of age.
Callum Andrew Johnston usually works with the same cast and crew. Michael Oram who plays Jonjo, and Ali Storm who plays Rome, have been in Callum's previous projects he has written and directed.
Most of the films characters are named for a reason... However, Benzart, who was purely named after the director re-watched Amadeus, loved the name Mozart so much that he wanted his villain to bear some resemblance. The first half of the name came to him one day when he was checking the back of a hand wash bottle, he saw the ingredient Benzium 'Solution.'
Whilst trying to finish the film, Callum Andrew Johnston became homeless, which resulted to him having to sleep on friends sofas.
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