South Africa doubles for Melbourne
The film Crook: It’s Good to Be Bad, which deals with the Indian student controversy in Melbourne, has been partially shot in Cape Town, with the South African city doubling for the Victorian capital.
“We have a limited budget and the South African rand is cheaper; we felt that Cape Town had the kind of architectural look which could match that of Melbourne,” producer Mahesh Bhatt told Encore.
Bhatt revealed that the production – which is currently in Melbourne doing establishing shots to complement the South African and Indian shoot – did not receive any incentives from South Africa.
He added that, while in the country, he would like to meet the relevant film industry figures to discuss future opportunities to shoot in Australia.