Brand Bollywood Downunder

Brand Bollywood Downunder
Directed byAnupam Sharma
Written byAnupam Sharma
Karin Steininger
Produced byAnupam Sharma
Claire Haywood
Deepti Sachdeva
StarringFarhan Akhtar
Ted Baillieu
Nitin Gupta
Fardeen Khan
Anupam Kher
Anupam Sharma
Manpreet Kaur Singh (SBS Punjabi)
Narrated byFemale voice as the personification of "India"
CinematographyCasimir Dickson, Susan Lumsdon, Aaakash Subramanium, Gaganpreet Singh
Edited byKarin Steininger
Music byBrett Aplin
Dmitri Golovko
Burkhard von Dallwitz
Production
companies
Films & Casting Temple Ltd
Distributed byPivot Pictures
Release date
  • November 2, 2023 (2023-11-02) (Australia)
Running time
93 minutes
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
BudgetA$2.3 million

Brand Bollywood Downunder is a 2023 Australian feature documentary directed by Anupam Sharma that examines the globalisation of Bollywood with a focus on its cultural and cinematic connections with Australia from 1897 to 2023.

The film features interviews with actors and filmmakers including Farhan Akhtar, Fardeen Khan, Harman Baweja, and Anupam Kher, alongside archival footage and behind-the-scenes material. It premiered in Australia on 2 November 2023, was released on over 39 screens nationally, and became available on Netflix Australia and New Zealand on 1 August 2024.