Thomas Goes to Bollywood

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
 * Gordon
 * James
 * Stephen
 * Philip

Locations

 * India
 * Varkala Railway Station
 * Taj Mahal
 * United States
 * Hollywood
 * Island of Sodor
 * Bridge Over Tunnel Runby
 * Sodor Suspension Bridge

UK

 * 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

 * 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 Philip to the Rescue and Slow Stephen. Stock footage from both episodes is used.
 * This episode marks the first of two 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 season episode, Thomas the Babysitter.
 * The film in Thomas' fantasy is entitled Big Hero One, a possible reference to the Disney film, Big Hero 6.
 * The last word of the title is a play on Hollywood.
 * A sign hung in the station reads "Varkala" written in Malayalam and Hindi. Varkala is name of a place in Kerala, India.
 * This is the only episode of the twenty-second season set in India where Noor Jehan doesn't speak.

Goofs

 * In the scene of the director telling Thomas his scene will be in the movie, half of Rajiv's buffer beam disappears.

In Other Languages
Thomas, der große Held Thomas en lo Salvaje Tomek w Dziczy Огни Болливуда