The UK has locked a fresh partnership with a top Indian studio to film three major Bollywood features across British locations from early 2026. The slate is pitched as a jobs engine—thousands of roles spanning crews, extras, and vendors—while sending a signal that Britain wants a larger slice of South Asian cinema’s global footprint. Officials tout permitting support, soundstage capacity, and post-production depth as key advantages, paired with incentives that have lured U.S. and European shoots for years.

For Bollywood banners, Britain offers backdrops, infrastructure, and diaspora marketing in one package. For the UK, the deal diversifies intake beyond Hollywood tentpoles and steadies studio calendars with culturally resonant crowd-pleasers. The test arrives in execution: coordinating visas, smoothing regional location access, and keeping costs predictable through currency swings. If the three-picture plan hits dates and budgets, expect a longer memorandum—and more Indian studios—behind it.