unINDIAN director Anupam Sharm with stars Brett Lee and Tannishtha Chatterjee.
Following on from its showing on Australian screens last year, unINDIAN is set for release in India and the Middle East.
Star Brett Lee will walk the red carpet along with co-stars Tannishtha Chatterjee, Supriya Pathak, Gulshan Grover and Akash Khurana and director Anupam Sharma at the Indian premiere on August 19. The film will then open on 300 screens across the country.
unINDIAN is a romantic comedy that follows the chequered path of Aussie bloke Will (Brett Lee), as he attempts to woo Meera (Tannishtha Chatterjee, Bhopal: A Prayer of Rain, Siddharth, Brick Lane), a gorgeous Indian woman who lives in Sydney with her daughter.
Among the other cast members are John Howard, Tiriel Mora, Maya Sathimoorthy, Arka Das, Sarah Roberts, Adam Dunn, Nicholas Brown, Kumud Merani and Pallavi Sharda. The film was produced by Sharma, Lisa Duff and Nitika Thakur.
Screen Australia said it was delighted that unINDIAN is releasing in India and the Middle East and that it “will certainly delight audiences with its warmth and cross cultural humour.”
Brett Lee said he was proud to be a part of the film: “It's very exciting that the people of India (and The Middle East) will now get to watch an Australian-made film with a lot of heart and laughs,” he said.
Producer Lisa Duff called unINDIAN a "rare insight into life in multi-cultural Australia with all the joy, warmth and humour that cross-cultural relationships bring. Brett Lee has made many friends and fans in India so it is with delight that we introduce him as "Will" to Indian audiences.”
“The themes of unINDIAN; love, cross-cultural sharing and multiculturalism are not unique to Australia. Audiences world-wide will recognise the shared experience of living in a global community, so it is with excitement that we share unINDIAN with them. It has been a joy to work with director Anupam Sharma and writer Thushy Sathi to bring a fresh view of Australian life to cinema screens and audiences world-wide”.
Krian Media president Ranjit Thakur, distributor of unINDIAN in the India and Middle East, called the film "a well-made, feel good rom-com ideally suited for the Indian subcontinent. The Indian audiences in the country and in the Middle East will love Brett Lee and the film itself. Krian Pictures is proud to present this in the region. It surely adds value to our slate of films & overall positioning in the subcontinent”.