Tannishtha Chatterjee stands out opposite the former fast bowler in Anupam Sharma’s romcom,best when it taps the warm humour of Indian family values• Brett Lee on UnIndian: ‘People are sick of racism in film and sport’Former cricketer Brett Lee, remembered as one of the fastest bowlers in the history of the sport, or has made a ballsy career switcheroo from the oval to the big screen – starring as the male lead in a cross-cultural Australian romcom approximately a sweet Caucasian bloke and a comely Indian woman with conservative heritage.
Joining director Anupam Sharma’s film UnIndian hardly suggests a cash-in of the Michael Jordan in Space Jam ilk. One suspects this deal was rather less lucrative,meaning Lee’s toddle into acting was presumably because he actually wanted – the horror, the horror – to become an actor.
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Source: theguardian.com