Emmerdale Star filming this week in York and North Yorkshire

Scarlett – Noir, a film about a detective who falls in love with a murderer – is a work by a group of students at York University, and the cast features Bhasker Patel.

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The team has been filming throughout York and North Yorkshire this week, and is responsible for local businesses and attractions such as NOLA, Brew York, York Minster and Mercure Hotels Skelton.

Harry Mitchell – Producer and Vienna Lau – Production Manager and Assistant Director – Finishing the finishing touches on the next day's schedule (Photo: Supply)
The press met them to meet while the filming was being held, as the filming is home to some of the oldest stained glass windows in the city.

Producer Harry Mitchell, 20, said:

“In the end, we raised funds for the film with their help, totally raising £2,500, and I am also really grateful that the Blue York where I work has put in £400.

“We have a great cast and crew with Jordan Turner playing Detective River. Kirsty Higgins as Evelyn Buchannan, Ben Glover as Detective Westfield, and Elsa Bennett as Scarlet Killer and Basker Patel will play the priests.

“We recognized Basker when he applied for the role and his voice perfectly coincided what we had in mind about the role.

“The filming is on track. We've been on for a total of six days and everything is planned so far.”

Isabella Benbow, director of photography and Sam Tinkley, editor and first assistant camera framing the scene (Image: Supplied) Director Jake Ward Monsen said, “It's been great so far. It's not stressful at all, everything is about to schedule.”

“I tend to help a lot of film and media students,” said Bhasker, who played Rishi Sharma for 12 years at Yorkshire Village and left Soap in 2023.

“They see things differently to me, so I learn a lot from them. It's a good learning curve. I'm always busy, but if I can contribute to something like this, I will.

“I'm 69 now and have been a recruiting actor since 1980, and I still love it.”

Once done, the team hopes to be screened at Blue York in the summer.

Basker Patel in a confession booth created from scratch by the team (image: supply)