Mumbai:
Patiala House, Akshay Kumar's firstrelease of 2011 will see him sharing screen space with hisreal life mother-in-law Dimple Kapadia for the first time.
Akshay plays a Sikh character based in the UK aspiring torepresent the England cricket team as pace bowler. Dimpleplays Akshay's mother in the film.
Director Nikhil Advani said, "the essence of PatialaHouse is pursuing your dream when life gives you a secondchance. In this pursuit, Akshay happens to be a cricketer, buthe could been a musician or a poet. It can be your story ormine. Patiala House is the story of the Kahlon family, andtheir travails."
The movie which releases on February 11, is about a Sikhhousehold comprising 22 members ruled by an autocratic GurtejSingh Kahlon (Rishi Kapoor) in Southall.
"Its a house where the disparity in thought between theyounger and older generation has reached a simmering point andmutiny, rebellion is round the corner. How a 34-year-oldex-cricketer who has been forced to sacrifice his dreams forhis father's ideals is given a second chance to see it gettingfulfilled makes the story," sources close to the film said.
According to producers Mukesh Talreja and Bhushan Kumar,all cinegoers will be able to identify with the film as theyhave at some point got the experience of living in a jointfamily.
Akshay is paired opposite Anushka Sharma in the film.
Akshay plays a Sikh character based in the UK aspiring torepresent the England cricket team as pace bowler. Dimpleplays Akshay's mother in the film.
Director Nikhil Advani said, "the essence of PatialaHouse is pursuing your dream when life gives you a secondchance. In this pursuit, Akshay happens to be a cricketer, buthe could been a musician or a poet. It can be your story ormine. Patiala House is the story of the Kahlon family, andtheir travails."
The movie which releases on February 11, is about a Sikhhousehold comprising 22 members ruled by an autocratic GurtejSingh Kahlon (Rishi Kapoor) in Southall.
"Its a house where the disparity in thought between theyounger and older generation has reached a simmering point andmutiny, rebellion is round the corner. How a 34-year-oldex-cricketer who has been forced to sacrifice his dreams forhis father's ideals is given a second chance to see it gettingfulfilled makes the story," sources close to the film said.
According to producers Mukesh Talreja and Bhushan Kumar,all cinegoers will be able to identify with the film as theyhave at some point got the experience of living in a jointfamily.
Akshay is paired opposite Anushka Sharma in the film.
