Bollywood Brent hosted three master classes to discuss the commercial potential of Bollywood, share tips and advice on how to exploit this growing market, suggest sources of information and highlight how to maximise the Bollywood brand to create a successful business.

• Master Class on Merchandising by Lopa Patel.
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• Lopa Patel is the Founder of Redhotcurry.com, Britain's Leading South Asian Lifestyle & Shopping Portal. The award-winning site was launched in November 2001 and celebrates Asian life in the UK with an informative collection of in-depth articles on race, culture, entertainment, religion, food, health, ethnic fashion and beauty, all written with a South Asian perspective. The site currently attracts around 40,000 unique visitors and 3 million hits each month.

• Master Class on Film & Broadcasting & Raising Finance for your Production by Parminder Vir, OBE.
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• Parminder Vir brings 20 years of award winning production experience of drama, documentary, current affairs and entertainment working for the BBC, ITV, Channel Four and major international channels. Parminder was awarded an OBE for her services to the Broadcasting and Film industry in the Queen’s birthday honours list in June 2002, the Asian Women of Achievement Award for Media in May 2001, and the Media and Arts Award at the Asian Jewel Awards in July 2003.