Mumbai:
Makers of 'Patiala House' have ropedin a few former and current cricket players to feature withAkshay Kumar, essaying the role of a pace bowler in the movie.
Producer Bhushan Kumar (of T-series) said director NikhilAdvani was very keen that the producers do justice to thescript and that's when the idea to bring in cricketersclicked.
Former and current cricketers like Nasir Hussain,Brendon McCullum, Herschelle Gibbs, Kieron Pollard, AndrewsSymonds, Kamran Akmal, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Graham Gooch,Wasim Akram, Matthew Hayden are part of the matches in thefilm featuring the 44-year-old Bollywood star.
"In the film, Akshay is playing for England and it isthe World Cup that they are playing for. So it needed to havea lot of known faces to be seen with Akshay. Thats when weapproached these players, sent them the script and got themon board," Bhushan said.
Speaking about the experience of shooting with thesecricket stars, he said, "It was amazing... we had thoughtthat Akshay would require a lot of practise and may be wewould have to cheat and re-create shots but he played like aprofessional with them."
He says the movie is not about cricket but about thefather-son conflict, where cricket plays a catalyst. The film which also stars Anushka Sharma and DimpleKapadia among others, releases on February 11.
Producer Bhushan Kumar (of T-series) said director NikhilAdvani was very keen that the producers do justice to thescript and that's when the idea to bring in cricketersclicked.
Former and current cricketers like Nasir Hussain,Brendon McCullum, Herschelle Gibbs, Kieron Pollard, AndrewsSymonds, Kamran Akmal, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Graham Gooch,Wasim Akram, Matthew Hayden are part of the matches in thefilm featuring the 44-year-old Bollywood star.
"In the film, Akshay is playing for England and it isthe World Cup that they are playing for. So it needed to havea lot of known faces to be seen with Akshay. Thats when weapproached these players, sent them the script and got themon board," Bhushan said.
Speaking about the experience of shooting with thesecricket stars, he said, "It was amazing... we had thoughtthat Akshay would require a lot of practise and may be wewould have to cheat and re-create shots but he played like aprofessional with them."
He says the movie is not about cricket but about thefather-son conflict, where cricket plays a catalyst. The film which also stars Anushka Sharma and DimpleKapadia among others, releases on February 11.
