Bollywood Hero

Bollywood Hero

Created by	Snackaholic Inc.
Directed by	Bill Bennett
Starring	Chris Kattan Julian Sands Pooja Kumar Neha Dhupia Toby Huss
Country of origin	United States India
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	3
Production
Running time	Approx. 1 hour
Release
Original network	IFC
Original release	August 6 – August 8, 2009
External links
Website

Bollywood Hero is an American television miniseries which aired on the IFC in three parts on August 6–8, 2009. The miniseries was shot in Mumbai and Los Angeles.

The show is a musical miniseries about Chris Kattan and his journey to Mumbai to become a leading man in Bollywood. After having some successful runs as a comedian in America, Kattan wishes for more and soon discovers that making it in Bollywood is just as hard and he has to start from scratch.

Dance numbers are choreographed by Longinus Fernandes who is known for the "Jai Ho" finale in Slumdog Millionaire.

Characters

Major characters

Name	Actor	Role
Chris Kattan	Chris Kattan	American comedian training to become a Bollywood leading man.
Priya Kapoor	Pooja Kumar	Producer and sister to Monty. Inherited her Dad's production company in India.
Lalima Lakhani	Neha Dhupia	Popular Bollywood starlet.
Monty Kapoor	Ali Fazal	Director and brother to Priya. Inherited his fathers's production company in India.
Reg Hunt	Julian Sands	Aging English actor who once dreamed of being the first Anglo Bollywood superstar.
Jeff Hacker	Toby Huss	Chris' agent in Los Angeles.
Kunti Kumar	Rachna Shah	Former Bollywood starlet that's eventually rediscovered.
Beeji	Ruma Sengupta	Grandmother to Priya and Monty.
Kip King	Kip King	Chris' Father.

Cameos

Gaurav Ghatnekar as Hipster Partygoer
Maya Rudolph as herself
Keanu Reeves as himself
David Allen Grier as himself
Longinus Fernandes as herself

International Broadcasting

Brazil: +Globosat

External links

Bollywood Hero at the Internet Movie Database

The Films of Bill Bennett

Features	A Street to Die (1985) Backlash (1986) Dear Cardholder (1987) Jilted (1988) Malpractice (1989) Mortgage (1990) Spider and Rose (1994) Two If by Sea (1996) Kiss or Kill (1997) In a Savage Land (1999) Cut (2000) (producer only) Tempted (2000) The Nugget (2002) Deck Dogz (2003) (producer only) Uninhabited (2010)

Documentaries	The Cattle King (1983) Shipwrecked (1984) The Banjo & The Bard (1987) The Chelmsford Scream (1990) You Have No Secrets (1992) The Gadfly - a Portrait of Francis James (1992) (producer only) Last Man Hanged (1993) (producer only) Bollywood Hero (2009)

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