Indian cricketers ate the humble pie in the first Test, losing by 337 runs on the fourth day, but it won't stop a multi-million dollar Bollywood movie from cashing in on the much-hyped tour Down Under.

The MCG and its crowd played their bit for parts of the film Victory, a touching story about a man from a small town in Rajasthan [ Images ], who dreams his young son will one day play cricket for India [ Images ].

The son goes on to become the greatest cricketer in the world, and the MCG footage will be used to convey part of that rags-to-riches odyssey.

Current Aussie stars Brett Lee [ Images ], Mike Hussey [ Images ], Stuart Clark and Shaun Tait [ Images ] will have cameos that are to be shot in Sydney [ Images ] after the second Test (January 2-6).

Producer Vivek Agrawal hopes the inclusion of professional cricketers will ensure India's cricket-mad public will find the match scenes authentic.

''In India, cricket is like a religion, everybody knows how the game is played, so if I have actors trying to play cricket, it will be fake,'' he said about the film he wants to release in August.

''If I can do it during a real match, it's going to be much more real."

Harman Baweja [ Images ], a relative newcomer to Bollywood, will star as the cricketer and Amrita Rao [ Images ] will play the lead female actor's role.

Besides cricket scenes, there will be plenty of music, and, of course, a love interest -- a childhood friend in this case.