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- "Your wish came true. You're a movie star after all!"
- ― Rajiv to Thomas
Thomas Goes to Bollywood is a magazine story illustrated using images from the television series.
Plot[]
Thomas is on an exciting adventure exploring India. As he pulls into a station, he meets his friends Rajiv and Ashima. They are watching a crew making a Bollywood film. Thomas is puzzled what a "Bollywood" is until Ashima explains that in America they have Hollywood so Bollywood is just the name given to the Indian film industry. Rajiv says he is going to be in one of the film's action scenes. Then, the film's director says he has a role for an engine just like Thomas - to transport the lead actor to the film set. Thomas is glad to have an important job to do, but wishes he could be in an action scene like Rajiv.
Thomas is busy helping out on set as Rajiv films his scene. Then, Thomas is sent collect a delivery of flowers for a big dance number. When Thomas returns with the flowers, everyone is gone. Suddenly, Rajiv comes racing towards him and the lead actor jumps from Rajiv onto a pile of wobbly crates. Thomas thinks he's in danger and rushes over so that the actor can fall into the safety of his flower trucks. The actor is not happy and tells Thomas that it was all part of the film. Both Rajiv and the film's director think Thomas' heroic rescue was amazing and the director agrees to keep it in the film.
Lots of fans flock around Thomas who is proud as punch. Not at being in the movie, but because he tried to rescue someone in trouble. Thomas is a real-life hero.
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Trivia[]
- This story is based on the twenty-second series episode of the same name.
- Unlike the episode, Charubala does not appear, nor is she mentioned.
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