"We Are Karun and Faheem '' is inspired by a real life story of a Gay Army man .The Ministry of Defence in India does not allow the LGBTQI+ community to serve in the army and in 2022 refused to give Onir the necessary permission to shoot this film. He made some cosmetic changes and shot the film without attracting much attention.
Onir started to learn Kashmiri before shooting the film so that he could navigate better.
This is Onir's first film which is in primarily in Kashmiri language. The film is entirely shot in Kashmir and all the Kashmiri characters played are by Kashmiri actors.