Karan Johar, Kajol and Kareena are coming to town

The adaptation of stepmom co produced by sony pictures and dharma starts today!! kajol kareena and arjun...debut director siddharth malhotra” tweeted Karan Johar earlier this month.

Soon you can expect Bollywood’s leading film-maker to tweet about our beautiful Sydney Harbour, the iconic Harbour Bridge and Sydney Opera House, and even our glorious beaches.

That’s right, Karan Johar is coming to town... and so are stars Kajol, Kareena Kapoor and Arjun Rampal. They bring with them, 200 jobs for local cast and crew.

“This is the first movie to be shot from beginning to end exclusively in Sydney,” said the Hon. Virginia Judge MP, during a media address at the Parliament of NSW on October 27. “This film will put Sydney on the radar of the cash rich Indian film industry.”

“It will take Sydney to Bollywoodand an audience of more than one billion people,” Ms. Judge added.

“We are excited to showcase the very best that Australia has to offer and hope to bring back some of the infectious spirit and charm that has become synonymous with Australia and Australians,” Karan Johar has said in a media release.

The film will begin shooting across varied locations in Sydney next month and continue over 6 weeks. Anupam Sharma of Australian production firm, Films and iconic locations, as well as “small pockets of beauty” will feature in the film.

Although Johar’s Dharma Productions did assess a range of foreign locations for their Hindi remake of Stepmom, “once it came to Australia, it was always Sydney,” said Sharma. “You don’t have to sell a beautiful city like Sydney - it sells itself,” he added.

Filming Protocol, which slashed red tape for film-makers in NSW, also had a big role to play. Sharma acknowledged the persistence of government agencies as well as Screen Australia to help bring such a major project to Sydney.

Besides, the Minister and Sharma both expressed hope that Johar will do for Sydney what Yash Chopra has done for

Swiss tourism. “Dharma Productions is known to showcase the shoot locations beautifully and increase tourism to the place,” said Sharma.

We also hope we will make it more often into Karan Johar’s tweets. Sharma is confident: “Sydney will start making news (in India) because Karan Johar has decided to film here”.

Shivangi Ambani-Gandhi