BRETT Lee has opened up a new career path for his cricket mates - Bollywood.

After winning over India with a pop tune, the fast bowler will be joined by fellow cricketers Mike Hussey and Jason Gillespie, as well as former Test captain Allan Border, in a Bollywood movie about cricket.

The film, titled Victory, will begin production in Australia in January, with shooting during the India-Australia Test series.

"I am excited to be making my Bollywood debut in Victory and I'm hopeful that playing the role of a cricketer will come naturally to me," says Lee, 31, who earlier this year released You're The One For Me , a duet with singer and Bollywood star Asha Bhosle.

Victory's producers have cast as many as 25 well-known local and international cricketers.

"They are all playing themselves," producer Anupam Sharma says.

With Australia as the backdrop and our cricketers as stars, Sharma expects Victory to find a big audience here when it is released at the end of next year.