Crossover calling: Hollywood actors who starred in Bollywood films

Bollywood and Hollywood have been flirtatiously circling each other for the past few years While a clutch of Hindi film stars like Irrfan Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Anil Kapoor have successfully crossed over to the other side several known faces from the Western glamour world occasionally struck deals with desi filmmakers be it for a cameo or a songhitlist recalls a few instances of Hollywood names who tested Bollywood watersGamble onOscarwinning actor Ben Kingsley who is best remembered for his portrayal of Gandhi in the 1982 biopic was seen in Amitabh Bachchanstarrer Teen PattiBen Kingsley with Amitabh Bachchan in Teen PattiThe film revolved around a mathematics professor played by Bachchan who tries to write a thesis on probability and relates it to the game of Teen Patti 2010 Talking about the experience of working in the film Kingsley who played a worldrenowned mathematician had said in an interview Its a very very small part It was an opportunity to work with an Indian crew again after Gandhi I missed that It was an opportunity to work with Mr Bachchan who is an icon in his own field Its interesting to mix cultures in a film to see how different people from different backgrounds can be so very synchronised and work together We worked very intensely I keep appearing in little scenes in the film as a storyteller We hit a very quick working rhythmThe SupervillainNathan Jones in a still from Mad Max Fury Road 2015Nathan Jones the burly baddie of Mad Max Fury Road 2015 has reportedly been signed for Remo DSouzas next Titled A Flying Jatt the film will feature Tiger Shroff as a superhero and the Aussie wrestler as a supervillainMore the merrierThe 2009 film Kambakkth Ishq had not one but three Hollywood stars mdash Sylvester Stallone Denise Richards and Brandon Routh mdash in special appearanceKambakkth Ishq 2009 had three Hollywood faces in special appearances Kareena Kapoor Khan with Sylvester StalloneStallone best known for his roles in the Rocky and Rambo series played himself and packed a punch in the action sequences in which he pinned goons to the ground to protect the leading lady Kareena Kapoor KhanAkshay Kumar with Denise RichardsBond girl Richards was seen as lead actor Akshay Kumars love interest and her liplock with him generated quite the buzz among the Khiladis fans Superman Routh performed an action scene with Akki and according to reports the two actors were seen exchanging tips on fitness action and martial arts on setBrandon RouthThe other sideVikings actor Clive Standen appeared in the 2007 film Namastey London which had Katrina Kaif and Akshay Kumar in lead rolesClive Standen featured in Akshay Kumarstarrer Namastey LondonThe film showed how NRIs give little value to Indian traditions and instead ape Westerners Standen played Kats boyfriend Charlie Brown an influential individual who has little respect for Indians This has been the actors only Hindi film till dateLights camera actionAkshay who is known for performing his own stunts in films shared screen space with Lester Speight in International Khiladi 1999 Speight who is popular for his role in Transformers Dark of the Moon played a goon in the actionthriller The lean Akshay taking on the brawny Speight made for an interesting action sequenceAnother perspectiveToby Stephens who has worked in films like Die Another Day played a British officer in The Rising Ballad of Mangal Pandey starring Aamir Khan and Rani Mukerji in lead rolesAamir Khan and Toby Stephens in The Rising Ballad of Mangal PandeyAccording to director Ketan Mehta Stephens role in the film was that of an officer with a conscience After the shoot wrapped up the actor was quoted saying It was a real experience To make a film in India work with Indian actors and filmmakers and to experience the culture was extraordinary The fact it was a historical film about the British in India and what happened there was a real eye opener I went to a public school and grew up with a sense of Empire even in the 70s and 80s and this gave me a different perspective The idea of us the British being some sort of benign educating force suddenly seemed to be a load of rubbish It was a company running a country I mean how twisted was that It made me quite ashamed of our history