Hollywood is spoofing Bollywood in "Bollywood Hero", a three-night musical mini-series of Independent Film Channel (IFC) airing on August 6-7-8.

Indo-Americans are concerned. Acclaimed Indo-American statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, said that we were hoping that spoof stayed on Bollywood and did not spill out and become mockumentary on India's culture, heritage, and traditions. Zed, who is chairperson of Indo-American Leadership Confederation, refused to comment any further till he watched the series.

Story revolves around Chris Kattan, who after rejections in Hollywood accepts leading role in Bollywood film "Peculiar Dancing Boy", where dancing is essential part, and goes through language barriers, complex dance moves, cultural clashes, unfamiliar challenges, fish out of water feeling, etc.

Attempting to ride the wave of Bollywood global attention created by Oscar winner "Slumdog Millionaire", this series is reportedly shot in and around Mumbai (India) and broad Los Angeles (USA) area.

Besides Kattan it stars Maya Rudolph (Idiocracy), Julian Sands (Ocean's 13), Neha Dhupia (Singh is Kinng), Pooja Kumar (The Kiss), Ali Fazal (The Other End of the Line), Rachna Shah (The Last Monk), etc., while MTV Award winner Keanu Reeves (The Matrix), Teen Choice Awards winner Jennifer Coolidge (A Cinderella Story), and Venice Film Festival Award winner David Alan Grier (An American Carol) make guest appearances. Executive producers are Chris Kattan, Belisa Balaban (Tabloid Wars), and Ted Skillman (Thin).

Some of the Slumdog's crew collaborated on "Bollywood Hero", including line producer Tabrez Noorani, first Assistant Director Raj Acharya. Longinus Fernandes, who choreographed renowned "Jai Ho' dance sequence in Slumdog, created various dance numbers for this series, while Slumdog's costume designer Riyaz Ali Merchant also designed its costumes.

Launched in 1994 and headquartered in New York (USA), IFC claims to be "the first and only network dedicated to independent film and related programming, 24 hours a day, uncut and uncensored", which operates under the mantra ‘always, uncut'.

It is owned by Rainbow Media Holdings, which in turn is subsidiary of Cablevision Systems Corporation; a leading telecommunications, media and entertainment company with corporate in Bethpage (New York); whose chairman is Charles F. Dolan.