The Bollywood Academy (T.B.A) was founded by Mr Faraz Chohan a visionary who saw the need for an increase in the involvement of the Asian and ethnic communities in the Bollywood industry and the performing arts sector in this country.

Faraz Chohan has incorporated acting, vocal, music and Bollywood dance aspects of performing arts and has brought together teachers who are recognised in their respective fields as well as within the Bollywood industry in both India and the UK.

The Bollywood Academy is fast becoming recognised as an organisation of excellence for Asian Performing Arts. There are several reasons for this: first T.B.A is addressing the cultural needs of the diverse ethnic groups within the population of the West Midlands and of the UK as a whole; secondly has been improving the employability of minority groups, across a wide spectrum of backgrounds; and thirdly, it is contributing to an increase in the levels of leisure and tourism which in turn creates a healthy interaction between various groups within the UK’s service-driven economy. Thus, the focus of this one year full and part time Bollywood course is on training in performing arts in a multicultural context, in all of the major disciplines. It is a culturally based educational project for predominately, but not exclusively, Asian minorities.

“If you can imagine it, you can create it. If you can dream it, you can become it” Faraz Chohan. (Founder of The Bollywood Academy & The British Academy of Bollywood Arts)