Production
The director has said that Osama was at least partially inspired by a girl he once met, who disguised herself as a boy to attend school.Template:Interview with Director included on DVD It has also been said that this film might have been at least partially inspired by a newspaper report in Afghanistan after the fall of the Taliban.
The film was shot on location in Kabul, Afghanistan. Work began in June 2002 and was completed in March 2003 with a budget of approximately $46,000 US$. All the actors in the film are amateurs found by the director on the streets of Kabul.
According to Marina, a documentary about actress Marina Golbahari shot concurrently with the film. Osama' was originally titled Rainbow and ended on a hopeful note, with Osama passing under a rainbow and gaining her freedom. As time went on, the director grew dissatisfied with the ending and changed it and cut out other scenes in the film that expressed hope.
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