Lonely Planet Six Degrees is the new flagship series produced by Lonely Planet.

Playful, sassy, street smart and unexpected, Lonely Planet Six Degrees connects to what makes each city special – the people that live in it. By emphasising the human dimension of travel, Lonely Planet Six Degrees moves beyond sightseeing and offers the surest way of being whisked off your feet and fast-tracked to the heart of a city.

In a movie, presenter Asha Gill gets the lowdown on Bollywood’s raunchy moves from acclaimed choreographer Vaibhavi Merchant. Asha meets street photographer David de Souza chronicling the itinerants that work on Mumbai’s streets and grasps the chance to understand who these people are before they disappear by helping in a studio shoot of a traditional flagellant.

Asha is invited to a hijra house by the flamboyant cross-dressing eunuch Lakshmi to get an insight into India’s ‘third sex’. She gets an inkling of Mumbai’s place in the global economy when joining Afshan at a call centre where the workers are undergoing surreal voice training to mimic American accents. And finally Asha gets her big break as she dances in the latest Bollywood movie with the biggest star in Indian cinema history - Amitabh Bachchan…

Estimated despatch 5-10 days after ordering.