Mitu Bhowmick Lange

Mitu Bhowmick Lange is currently the Director of Mind Blowing Films, a film production and distribution company that specialises in the distribution of Indian films throughout Australia and New Zealand. It also provides local production support to Indian films shot in Australia and New Zealand. She is also the Director of Mind Blowing World, an independent film distribution company that specialises in the distribution of quality local content to Australian and New Zealand audiences.

In 2014, Mind Blowing Films won the prestigious 'Highest Grossing Foreign Language Film' award at the 69th Australian International Movie Convention for the film Dhoom 3, which took in $1.72 million at the box office. Mitu credits some of this success to the leading actor in the film industry, Aamir Khan. Mitu says, 'only three Indian films have crossed the $1 million mark in Australia, P.K, 3 Idiots and Dhoom: 3, and all the three star Aamir Khan. He is not just a movie star, he is a cultural icon'.

Mitu Bhowmick Lange is the founder and festival director of the Indian Film Festival – Bollywood & Beyond. She launched the festival in 2010 to act as a cultural bridge between the Australian and Indian communities. Mitu Bhowmick Lange is also the Festival Director of the The Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (IFFM) which is the largest festival of its kind in Australia and currently the largest foreign festival in the southern hemisphere. The festival profile manifests the best cinema from India and the sub-continent, whilst providing a platform for aspiring filmmakers and dancers to showcase their talent. Presented by the State Government of Victoria, the festival is a key initiative to foster closer ties between India and Australia. Vidya Balan, the ambassador of IFFM, inaugurates the festival every year. The festival witnessed the likes of Sri Amitabh Bachchan who opened the festival in 2014. La Trobe University named a scholarship after him during the festival proceedings. The festival also holds the Guinness Record for the Largest Bollywood Dance class. The festival also conducts the Western Union Short Film Competition that promotes young talent and witnesses some amazing winners every year. During the film festival La Trobe University officially renamed its Agora Cinema as the Yash Raj Cinema for one year, it also launched a series of Indian film screenings that made the campus a focus for Melbourne’s Indian community. The renamed cinema was opened by the late director’s wife, Pamela Chopra. Yashji was a mentor and the biggest support system for the entire team.

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