INDIA’S VAST film industry, Bollywood, is setting its sights on Scotland, with Dundee one of its chosen locations.

Nileish Malhotra, who has been involved in Bollywood for nearly 25 years, first as an actor and now as a producer/director, has revealed plans to film this summer in Dundee, Edinburgh and Glasgow.

Mr Malhotra, making his first visit to Scotland, said during a visit to Dundee that the film, Beyond Belief, takes terrorism in the UK as its theme, showing how young people are trained and brainwashed.

The Dundee connection comes through businessman Tony Hussain, who is part-financing the film.

Speaking during the official opening of Mr Hussain’s new buffet restaurant in Albert Square, Mr Malhotra said, “Tony contacted me last year, he was looking for Bollywood connections and found me on the internet.”

He said Beyond Belief is scripted by Sheila Evans, a writer from Birmingham and added that the director of photography is Oscar-nominated Jack Conroy.

Asked to give a flavour of the film which refers to the Glasgow Airport attack and has yet to be cast, he said “realistic.”