A Lollywood film star from Bradford has returned from his latest shoot - and wants to make a movie here.

Sultan Mehmood, of Daisy Hill, spent five months filming in Pakistan where the movie business is dubbed Lollywood after Lahore, the capital of Punjab.

He enjoyed his biggest role to date playing the deputy commissioner of police in Asia Kay Tigers, directed by 23-year-old Jamshed Jan Mohammad.

The film is the highlight so far of Mr Mehmood's career.

It began in Karachi in 1970 when, as a student, he was picked to appear in a radio drama.

He moved on to stage plays and then films before coming to Bradford in 1977 when he married.

Mr Mehmood gave up movie-making until 1990, after which he returned to Pakistan several times for film roles.

But he said the most exciting - and his first playing a "goodie" - was in Asia Kay Tigers.

The movie, about street gangs, was filmed in Karachi, Lahore and North Punjab.

"It was very exciting. The film is a mix of action, adventure and romance," said Mr Mehmood.

Filming took two months longer than expected, so he also managed to fit in a one-song appearance in another film and was in five episodes of a television drama.

The 51-year-old said daily phone calls from his wife and three children back in Bradford had given him extra support.

"I really enjoyed working with this director, " he said.

"I have also made plenty of friends making this film."

Mr Mehmood, who has now returned his day job as a security guard, now wants to bring the Lollywood film business to Bradford.

"I want to make them over here but I need the support of business people to back me."

He said he believed there was a big market for the films in England.

"Making them here could also help to keep young kids away from getting involved in drugs and crime," he said.

Irfan Ajeeb, film programmer at the National Museum of Photography, Film and Television in Bradford, said Bollywood films, made in India, were by far the most popular.

"The Pakistani film industry has in the past decade struggled to keep up with India but there's growing interest and awareness in it," he said.

He said he was not sure the style of Lollywood films would suit them being made in Britain but a new wave of British Asian talent would be a boost.

Asia Kay Tigers will be released in Pakistan in May. If it is successful it could eventually appear on UK cinema screens, but it will be released on video here.