The Cast
In alphabetical order of first name
A.K. Tareen
Senior Trade Commissioner, India / SA Government 2005-13
Akarsh Khurana
Writer & Director
Amit Khanna
Writer, Filmmaker & Industry Veteran
Anupam Kher
Actor & Teacher
Anupam Sharma
Producer & Director
Apoorva Lakhia
Producer & Director
Aseem Bajaj
Producer & Cinematographer
Aseem Chhabra
Entertainment Writer & Author
Ashutosh Gowariker
Director & Producer
Daniel Lucas
Actors Agent
David Redman
Producer
Deepti Sachdeva
Producer & Former Journalist | NDTV
Dr. Amit Sarwal
Film Academic & Author
Dr. Vikrant Kishore
Film Academic & Author
Fardeen Feroz Khan
Actor
Farhan Akhtar
Actor/ Director / Producer
Harman Baweja
Lead Actor | Love Story 2050
Helen Leake (AM)
Producer
Jacqui Feeney
Manager Screen Culture | NSW Film & TV Office 1996-1999
Jane Smith
CEO of NSW Film & TV Office 1997-2006
Jazeel Mistry
Producer
Jitarth Jai Bharadwaj
Editor of 'The Australia Today'
Julie Marlow
Senior Policy Consultant | SPAA (2002-2012)
Karl Quinn
Film Writer & Journalist
Kingston Anderson
Manager, Production Liason Unit | NSW Film and Television Office 1998-2001
Kunal Kapoor
Director & Producer
Leena Yadav
Filmmaker
Louisa Coppel
Director | Melbourne Film Office 1998-2003
Lynn Gailey
Federal Policy Officer | MEAA 1996 - 2009
Maithili Rao
Film Critic & Author
Manpreet Singh
Program Manager | SBS Radio
Meenakshi Shedde
Film Curator & Critic
Mike Rann
Premier of South Australia & Minister for the Arts 2002-2011
Nasreen Munni Kabir
Documentary filmmaker & Author
Nataranjan Ramji
Line Producer
Neil McCart
Production Services & Policy Manager | FIlm Victoria 1998-2014
Nitin Gupta
Advisor to Mr Ted Baillieu (2006 - 2011) & Ministerial Advisor
Paul de Carvalho
Head of Production Attraction and Incentives | Screen NSW (2008-2012)
Peter Castaldi
Film Critic & Producer
Ritesh Sidhwani
Producer | Dil Chahta Hai
Robin Baker
Head Curator | BFI National Archive
Sajid Nadiadwala
Producer | Heyy Babyy
Salim Merchant
Music Director & Singer
Sameer Nair
CEO, Applause Entertainment
Shabbir Wahid
Australian Consul General & Trade Commmissioner - Mumbai 1998-2002
Sharda Subramaniam
Marketing Manager - Austrade (Mumbai) 1992-2002
SMM Ausaja
Film Historian & Author
Sonia Gandhi
CEO of Gandhi Creations & IABCA
Sushant Tungare
Exucutive Producer
Ted Baillieu
Premier Of Victoria 2010 - 2013
Tatuli Bartaia
Vipul Amrutlal Shah
Producer | Singh is Kinng
Vivek Vaswani
Film Producer & Actor
A.K. Tareen
Senior Trade Commissioner, India / SA Government 2005-13
Bio here
Akarsh Khurana
Writer & Director
Akash Khurana is an Indian director, writer and actor, son of actor Akash Khurana, who is critically acclaimed for writing and directing various shows. His notable works are 'TVF Tripling' (as a writer), 'Yeh Meri Family' (actor), 'Mismatched' (as a director) and Krrish (as a supporting screenplay writer).
Amit Khanna
Writer, Filmmaker & Industry Veteran
Bio here
Anupam Kher
Actor & Teacher
Anupam Kher is an Indian actor, director and producer who works in Hindi and a few English, Malayalam, Punjabi, Tamil and Telugu language films. He is considered one of the most versatile film actors of India. He has played variety of characters including numerous critically acclaimed leading or parallel roles. His accolades include two National Film Awards and eight Filmfare Awards. The Government of India honoured him with the Padma Shri in 2004 and the Padma Bhushan in 2016 for his contribution in the field of Indian cinema and arts.
Anupam Sharma
Producer & Director
Anupam is a filmmaker, speaker, and author with a bachelor degree in Films & Theatre, as well as a postgraduate thesis on Indian cinema from the University of NSW. Named as one of the fifty most powerful & influential Australian film professionals by Encore magazine and nominated as the Australia Day ambassador seven years in a row. As the founder of Film & Casting Temple, he leads a team of film professionals that have worked on over 264 projects, including feature films, television serials, music videos, television commercials, and film festivals, between Australia, India, Denmark, USA, and China. Among Anupam's most acclaimed films is 'unINDIAN', starring Brett Lee and Tannishtha Chatterjee. After which he directed an award winning feature length factual -The Run. Anupam is currently in pre-production for his thriller feature film in Victoria titled ‘Honour’.
Apoorva Lakhia
Producer & Director
Bio here
Aseem Chhabra
Entertainment Writer & Author
Bio here
Ashutosh Gowariker
Director & Producer
Ashutosh Gowariker is an Indian film director, actor, screenwriter and producer who works in Hindi cinema. He is particularly known for 'Lagaan' (2001), 'Swades' (2004), 'Jodhaa Akbar' (2008), and 'Mohenjo Daro' (2016). His film 'Lagaan' was nominated in the Best Foreign Language Film category in 74th Academy Awards, which makes him a voting member of the Academy Awards. He returned to acting by playing the lead role in the critically acclaimed comedy drama 'Ventilator' (2016).
Daniel Lucas
Actors Agent
Bio here
David Redman
Producer
Bio here
Deepti Sachdeva
Producer & Former Journalist |NDTV
Deepti is a content producer based in Sydney. With over a decade of experience in producing screen content she has created award-winning television programs, short films, editorial projects, narrative films, animations, illustrations, games and online digital experiences in Asia and Australia. Most recently she is has co-produced 'The Run' - a documentary about the test of human spirit featuring Pat Farmer.
Her core skills are in consulting, producing story driven integrated content and driving brand propositions through social media. She was the social media manager for the first film produced by the Australia-India Film Fund - 'unINDIAN' starring Brett Lee and Tannishtha Chaterjee.
Dr. Amit Sarwal
Film Academic & Author
Bio here
Dr. Vikrant Kishore
Film Academic & Author
Bio here
Fardeen Feroz Khan
Actor
Fardeen Khan is an Indian actor. He is the recipient of a Filmfare Award (1999) and is the son of the actor, director, and film producer Feroz Khan.
Farhan Akhtar
Actor/ Director / Producer
Farhan Akhtar is an Indian actor, director, screenwriter, dialogue writer, playback singer, lyricist, producer and television host who works in Hindi films. Farhan made his directorial debut with the comedy-drama 'Dil Chahta Hai' (2001) and received widespread critical acclaim for portraying realistic modern Indian youth in the film, which won the National Award for Best Hindi Film and the Filmfare Award for Best Film (Critics).
Harman Baweja
Lead Actor | Love Story 2050
Harman Baweja is an Indian actor and producer. He has starred in films like 'Love Story 2050' (2008), and 'What's Your Raashee?' (2009) and 'Victory' (2009) and 'Dishkiyaoon' (2014) and 'It's My Life' (2020) and 'Patangg' (2024) and 'Runway 2' (2024).
Helen Leake (AM)
Producer
Bio here
Jacqui Feeney
Manager Screen Culture | NSW Film & TV Office 1996-1999
Bio here
Julie Marlow
Senior Policy Consultant | SPAA (2002-2012)
Bio here
Karl Quinn
Film Writer & Journalist
Bio here
Kingston Anderson
Manager, Production Liason Unit | NSW Film and Television Office 1998-2001
Bio here
Kunal Kapoor
Director & Producer
Kunal Kapoor is an Indian actor, film producer, director and advertisement maker. He is a son of actors Shashi Kapoor and Jennifer Kendal, who made his debut with the 1972 English-language film 'Siddhartha', later acted in Shyam Benegal's 'Junoon' and in his first mainstream Bollywood film, 'Ahista Ahista', opposite Padmini Kolhapure as well as 'Vijeta'. He also acted in the art films 'Utsav' (1984) and 'Trikal' (1985).
Leena Yadav
Filmmaker
Leena Yadav is an Indian film director, producer, screenwriter and editor. She started her career in the television industry and gradually moved on to making feature films. Her first international feature film, Parched, premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2015.
Louisa Coppel
Director | Melbourne Film Office 1998-2003
Bio here
Lynn Gailey
Federal Policy Officer | MEAA 1996 - 2009
Bio here
Maithili Rao
Film Critic & Author
Bio here
Manpreet Singh
Program Manager | SBS Radio
Bio here
Meenakshi Shedde
Film Curator & Critic
Bio here
Mike Rann
Premier of South Australia & Minister for the Arts 2002-2011
Bio here
Nasreen Munni Kabir
Documentary filmmaker & Author
Bio here
Neil McCart
Production Services & Policy Manager | FIlm Victoria 1998-2014
Bio here
Nitin Gupta
Advisor to Mr Ted Baillieu (2006 - 2011) & Ministerial Advisor
Bio here
Paul de Carvalho
Head of Production Attraction and Incentives | Screen NSW (2008-2012)
Bio here
Ritesh Sidhwani
Producer | Dil Chahta Hai
Ritesh Sidhwani is an Indian film producer. He is the co-founder of Excel Entertainment along with Farhan Akhtar. His first film as a producer, 'Dil Chahta Hai', won the National Award in 2001. Through his vision, Excel Entertainment now is one of the first major Indian production companies in the over-the-top (OTT) content space. Their first show 'Inside Edge' (2017) was nominated for Best Drama series at 46th International Emmy Awards, followed by 'Mirzapur' (2018) and 'Made in Heaven' (2019).
Sajid Nadiadwala
Producer | Heyy Babyy
Sajid Nadiadwala is an Indian film producer, writer, and director who works in Hindi cinema. He is the owner of Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment. Grandson of filmmaker A.K. Nadiadwala, Sajid has written and produced films including 'Housefull' (2010), 'Baaghi' (2016) to directing 'Kick' (2014) that brought him various debutant director awards, and wrote the Marathi film 'Lai Bhaari'.
Salim Merchant
Music Director & Singer
Bio here
Sameer Nair
CEO, Applause Entertainment
Bio here
Shabbir Wahid
Australian Consul General & Trade Commmissioner - Mumbai 1998-2002
Bio here
Sharada Subramanium
Marketing Manager - Austrade (Mumbai) 1992-2002
Bio here
Ted Baillieu
Premier Of Victoria 2010 - 2013
Bio here
Vipul Amrutlal Shah
Producer | Singh is Kinng
Vipul Amrutlal Shah is a film producer and director of Hindi films. He began his career with Gujarati theater. He was part/director of a number of Gujarati dramas, some of which were well received by Gujarati audience. He made his debut with Gujarati film 'Dariya-Chhoru' (means children of ocean) in late 90s, with JD Majethia in main lead. As of 2010, he has directed six Hindi films, four of which have starred Akshay Kumar.
Vivek Vaswani
Film Producer & Actor
Vivek Vaswani is an actor, writer and producer. He produced 'Gawaahi', giving a break to Anant Balani as a director. The film starred Zeenat Aman, Tanuja, Vikram Gokhale, and both India's Oscar nominated directors, Shekhar Kapur and Ashutosh Gowariker. He then produced three films at Sippy Films, alongside GP Sippy, 'Patthar Ke Phool', 'Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman', 'Aatish' and played minor roles in them as well. He has launched Raveena Tandon, Shah Rukh Khan, and given breaks to many (Sanjay Gupta and Sanjay Gadhvi were both assisting on 'Patthar ke Phool). He has acted in more than a 100 films.