Patiala House - Movie Preview | Anushka Sharma | Akshay Kumar | Rishi Kapoor

A Punjabi guy living in Southall, London, harbours the dream of playing cricket for England. But his autocratic father doesn’t want him to play for the ‘goras’. Nikhil Advani’s film Patiala House is about following one’s dreams.

The movie stars Akshay Kumar, Rishi Kapoor, Anushka Sharma, Dimple Kapadia, Prem Chopra, Hard Kaur and Soni Razdan.

Patiala House will have Akshay Kumar playing cricket with real cricketers like Brendon McCullum, Herschelle Gibbs, Kieron Pollard and Andrews Symonds. The movie also features the veterans like Graham Gooch, Nassir Hussain, Wasim Akram and Matthew Hayden.

Character Sketches

Rishi Kapoor as Gurtej Singh Kahlon

1979 - Southall, London, UK. Gurtej Singh Kahlon, 34 years of age, is forever scarred by an incident that led to the murder of his mentor and guardian, the senior advocate leader Mr. Saini, Bauji began hating the British and everything that the country and its people stood for.

Akshay Kumar as Parghat Singh Kahlon
2010 - Southall, London, UK. Parghat Singh Kahlon (Gattu,) age 34 years has just woken up like he has every morning for the last 17 years. He will walk across Southall. He will open the corner store across the tube station.

Synopsis
In his store, Parghat will hear the neighbourhood boys playing cricket in the back alley. He will remember a dream that could have become a reality. He will tend to his customers. Parghat will watch his father ruling a house, a family, a community like he has for the last 25 years. He will silently tolerate the snide remarks and insults passed by a younger generation. He will pour his heart out to his neighbours adopted brother. He will understand the bitterness of his siblings.

He will identify with their shattered dreams. He will participate to begin a change. He will finally summon the courage to challenge his father and start a movement that will shake the very foundations of Patiala House.