Meet junior Akshay Kumar!
February 4th, 2011 - 8:09 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) There was no way director Nikhil Advani was going to compromise on casting for the boy who would play Bollywood star Akshay Kumar’s teenage version in his upcoming film “Patiala House”. He found the perfect junior Akshay in Usman Quereshi.Advani was hunting for a boy to play 17-year-old Akshay, and Usman was on board on the first meeting itself because of his resemblance with the 43-year-old actor. In fact, the resemblance was so strong that the crew gave him the nickname Akki Junior, said a source.
“We were completely bowled over by the striking resemblance between the two - Akshay and Usman. And after the screen test, without a doubt we found our 17-year-old Akshay for ‘Patiala House’. It is not easy to play a younger role of such a superstar but Usman has done a great job,” said Bhushan Kumar of T-Series, the co-producer of the movie.
In fact, Akshay was quite surprised and excited to see Usman, and discovered that they shared a similar scar on their eyebrow. Akshay also said that Usman’s body structure is quite similar to his own when he was 17.
“Patiala House” will release Feb 11, 2011.
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