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Casting was driven by the need for cultural authenticity, physical credibility, and precise comic timing. Central to this was the decision to find and bring the lead actor from Bangkok, ensuring the slap therapist felt rooted in real practice and cultural specificity. Her presence gave the film accuracy in physicality, technique, and behavioural nuance—key to both humour and believability. She then trained with a real slap therapist in Bangkok, followed by remote rehearsals for dialogue and accent, and in-person workshops focused on slap technique, posture, gesture, and reaction timing. Supporting roles were cast with equal care. Local Indian actors were chosen for their natural comic instinct and distinct personalities, allowing humour to emerge through performance rather than caricature. Most were relatively new faces, deliberately selected to avoid familiarity and create a fresher, more believable world. Together, the ensemble balanced authenticity, humour and performance.
