MUMBAI: Sydney based production company - Films & Casting Temple, has been awarded for its outstanding contribution to the promotion of bilateral trade between India and Australia in the films and media sector, at the Indo Australian Business Excellence awards.
The awards were formed to recognize businesses contributing to the A$7.3 billion annual trade between the two countries.
Temple has previously also received the award for Best Line Producer for Dil Chahta Hai shot in Australia.
Some of the other projects Temple has been associated with, include Deewane, Janasheen, Koi Mil Gaya and Dhoom, and many leading TVCs for Percept, Kunal Kapoor, Lays, and Pepsi, along with the first Indian film festival held in Sydney.
Temple's head office is situated at Fox Studios in Sydney.
Film &Casting Temple producer and director Anupam Sharma expressed his gratitude We have been blessed with the opportunity to have worked with the best in the industry including the Late Yash Johar, Rakesh Roshan, Harry Baweja, Aditya Chopra, Feroz Khan, Karan Johar, Farhan Akhtar, Ritesh Sidhwani, Mehul Kumar.the list is excitedly endless, and we are pleased that we were able enough to live up to the expectations of these pillars of Indian cinema.
"Even with a history of more than one hundred projects, Indo-Australian film trade has just begun'," Temples's executive producer Rebecca Williams stated.
Williams adds that with millions of dollars worth of India-centric Australian projects in development, most with government investment, the Australian film industry has a lot to gain from collaborating with the worlds fastest growing and biggest film industry India.
Temple, which has commandeered more than 93 per cent of the film and TV production activity between India and Australia, is now producing and co-producing most of the first Indo Australian co-productions with leading cast, crew, and producers from Australia and India.
Sharma who is the founder and head of Australia India Film Council (a chapter of Australia India Business Council) emphasised the need for a co-production treaty between the two countries.
The council is initiating discussions with relevant authorities to explore a treaty and/or other measures for a beneficial collaboration between the most professional film industry Australia, and the biggest film industry India.
