SBS commissions film talent search Bollywood Star

Tim Burrowes

September 23, 2011 9:41

WTFN Entertainment, the production house behind Bondi Vet and Keeping Up With The Joneses has won a commission from SBS to create Bollywood Star.

The four part series will follow the search for an Australian Bollywood star, with the winning unknown getting a role in a Bollywood film.

Bollywood producer and director Mahesh Bhatt is offering the place in his next film.

The commission of Bollywood Star is one of the first by SBS since new MD Michael Ebeid too the helm.

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Tim Burrowes

Tim Burrowes is the publisher of Mumbrella and Unmade. He co-founded Mumbrella in 2008 and sister title Unmade in 2021. He's worked in the UK, Middle East, Asia & Australia and has specialised in writing about the communications world for the last 25 years. He wrote the book Media Unmade, published in 2021, and became the presenter of MediaLand on ABC Radio National in 2025.