Due to budget cuts, multiple shots were filmed with GoPros and iPhones.
Dev Patel suffered a number of injuries during the filming of the movie which included a broken hand, two broken toes, a torn shoulder, and an eye infection.
Originally meant to shoot on location in India in early 2020, before production was put on hold due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It ended up filming in Indonesia in early 2021.
Dev Patel began training in Taekwando when he was 10 years old. He earned a 1st dan black belt in March 2006 at the age of 16.
The original cut was rated R by the MPA "for strong bloody violence throughout, rape, language throughout, sexual content/nudity and drug use" before the rape scene was edited out.