Thomas Goes to Bollywood (India)

: “I love the smell of steam in the morning!”
: ―The Indian Actor
Thomas Goes to Bollywood is the sixth episode of the twenty-second series.
== Plot ==
A Bollywood action movie is being filmed on the Indian Railway. Thomas is told that they have a very important role for him, but it is only to transport the lead actor, not to be in the film. However, he finds that it is fun and he can be really useful working behind the scenes, and later he gets a chance to be in the movie after all.
== Characters ==
* Thomas
* Ashima
* Rajiv
* Charubala
* The Indian Actor
* The Indian Director
* Noor Jehan (cameo)
* The Indian Fashion Designer (cameo)
* Gordon (stock footage)
* James (stock footage)
* Stephen (stock footage)
* Philip (stock footage)
== Locations ==
* India
** Varkala Railway Station
** Indian Railway Shunting Yard
** Taj Mahal (mentioned/backpanel cameo)
* United States (mentioned)
** Hollywood (mentioned)
* Island of Sodor
** Sodor Search and Rescue Centre (fantasy sequence; bridge only)
** Bridge Over Tunnel Runby (stock footage)
** Sodor Suspension Bridge (stock footage)
== Voice Cast ==
=== UK and AUS ===
* John Hasler as Thomas
* Tina Desai as Ashima
* Nikhil Parmar as Rajiv and the Director
* Sheena Bhattessa as Charubala
* Sanjeev Bhaskar as the Actor
* Rob Rackstraw as the Trailer Voice-over
=== US and CAN ===
* Joseph May as Thomas
* Tina Desai as Ashima
* Nikhil Parmar as Rajiv and the Director
* Sheena Bhattessa as Charubala
* Sanjeev Bhaskar as the Actor
* Rob Rackstraw as the Trailer Voice-over
== Trivia ==
* At the end of the episode, Thomas mentions the events of the nineteenth series episode, Philip to the Rescue and Slow Stephen. Stock footage from both episodes are used.
* This episode marks the first of several things:
** Charubala's first appearance and speaking role in an episode.
** This is the first episode to have Thomas' name in the title since the nineteenth series episode, Thomas the Babysitter.
** The first episode in which the Island of Sodor does not appear at all counting fantasy sequences (not counting the beginning and ending segments with Thomas).
* The film in Thomas' fantasy is entitled Big Hero One, which may be a reference to the 2014 Disney film, Big Hero 6.
== Goofs ==
* In the scene of the director telling Thomas his scene will be in the movie, half of Rajiv's buffer beam disappears.
== Home Media Releases ==
=== UK ===
* A Colourful World (coming soon)
== In Other Languages ==
Language 	Title
Brazilian Portuguese	Thomas Vai a Bollywood
Chinese 	托马斯来的宝莱坞
Dutch 	Thomas Gaat naar Bollywood
German 	Thomas, der große Held
Hebrew 	תומס נוסע לבוליווד
Italian 	Thomas va a Bollywood
Japanese 	トーマス、ボリウッドにいく
Polish 	Tomek Jedzie do Bollywood
Russian 	Огни Болливуда
Spanish 	Thomas Va a Bollywood