The film's world premier is to take place in Govan

But unlike Hollywood, Indian film makers have ignored the potential of Scotland as a location, until now.

Not only has Trimurti chosen to set Pyaar, Ishq aur Mohabbat (Love, love, love) in Scotland, but the film's World Premiere will be in Govan on Sunday.

Jas Singh, manager of the venue for the premiere, the Bombay Cinema in Govan, said: "They loved it here, they found the Scottish very nice people

"It is the first time they started a film on time and also finished on time."

That was despite the weather, as the diary kept when Pyaar, Ishq aur Mohabbat was in production, reveals .

They were very pleased with the quality of the locations, and we got a lot of help from Scottish Screen

Asim Rehman, location manager

"Aftab's dream song has turned out to be quite a task to shoot as the weather has played truant every time we started shooting the song.

"So we decided to finally outwit the rain gods and shoot parts of the song indoors against a digital backdrop," it says.

Asim Rehman, who was the film's Scottish location manager, said it was not difficult to find the right locations which included Glasgow University, an Ayrshire Castle and Loch Lomondside.

He added: "They were very pleased with the quality of the locations, and we got a lot of help from Scottish Screen."

With a crew of 80, plus the stars, shooting the film was a costly operation, the hotel bill alone reaching six figures.

But then, this is peanuts for a company which is one of the big names in Bollywood.

Love Story

Pyaar, Ishq aur Mohabbat is a love story about a brilliant medical student who comes to Glasgow University and is courted by three young men.

It stars Kirti Reddy as the student, Isha, with Arjun Rampal, Aftab Shivdasani and Sunil Shetty as her competing suitors.

Director, Rahjiv Rai, is one of India's best known, with three major hit movies to his credit. He runs Trimurti films, a company founded by his father.

Bollywood, Scotland?

So can we expect more Bollywood film-makers to see the potential of Scotland?

Interest is growing, according to Asim Rehman, who thinks the film will boost Scotland because it looks set to be a big success.

And, judging by the production diary, it seems Scotland has won the hearts of the Trimurti film crew.

One extract says: "Anyway one looks at it, it was an exciting schedule packed with all the ingredients of a film - drama, comedy, suspense and sing-song parties"