Director

Anupam Sharma

Anupam Sharma is an Australian filmmaker who's made quite the name for himself bridging Bollywood and Australian cinema. He's worked as a creative force on several big Bollywood productions shot Down Under, including the iconic Dil Chahta Hai (2001), Love Story 2050, We Are Family, Orange, and Heyy Babyy (2007). But his real director's breakthrough came with the 2015 feature film unIndian, which starred Australian cricket legend Brett Lee and got a pretty solid endorsement when Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott announced it to the world in 2014. It's the kind of cross-cultural project that shows just how connected Bollywood and international cinema have become. What sets Sharma apart is his knack for exploring the intersection of Indian and Australian cultures through both film and storytelling. Beyond unIndian, he's directed the comedy-drama Indian Aussies (Terms & Conditions Apply), helmed the NSW Tourism Ad Campaign, and created thought-provoking content like the Intellectual Property Awareness Foundation's anti-piracy initiative. He's also behind the Australian feature documentary The Run, proving he's not just a Bollywood guy but a genuinely versatile filmmaker. Sharma's real contribution to the industry has been showing that regional cinema can go global when you've got the right vision and the guts to tell stories that matter to multiple audiences at once.