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To answer the OP.
Only 3 firms hire predominantly from Indian Law Schools- the UK Offices of Linklaters, HSF and Allen and Overy, in that order of number of students (more to less). Applying elsewhere/ other locations will not help, because they don't have a HR policy for that.
1. Be in a top 4 NLU- NLS, NALSAR, NUJS, NLUJ (The list according to foreign firms)
2. Be a top ranker. I mean top 5. You will surely be shortlisted by one or another firm.
3. Have your commercial law basics very clear. You are actually tested for this in selection on real deal assessment. Speak to your seniors, they usually have a repository.
4. Also the Watson Glazer test is used for shortlists, which has CR based questions like CLAT. There's a free sample on the Hogan Lovells website, practice that throughly.
5. Polish your English, speaking and writing, not accent. Just speak coherently and don't mess up on work just because or communication, because your mentors will be british.
6. Before you begin the TC you will have to qualify the SQE examinations. While the firm does provide time for prep, maybe you can start reading up on it and study those subjects alongside your course, because there are similarities. Don't stress over this too much though, it's easy to clear.
7. While this doesn't matter for recruitment, but foreign law firms emphasise a lot on publications and internal research. Maybe try writing on quality sites on more complex commercial law concepts with help from your seniors.
Regards.