Akshay
Kumar
is
taking
his
ace-bowler's
role
in
a
forthcoming
film
Patiala
House
dead
seriously.
Ever
since
he
returned
from
his
back-therapy
in
Germany,
Akshay
has
been
training
rigorously
under
former
test
cricketer
Paras
Mhambrey.
Currently
working
with
the
team
members
of
the
IPL's
Mumbai
Indians,
Mhambrey
has
been
taking
time
off
to
coach
Akshay
whenever
possible.
Akshay
wants
to
continue
training
steadily
and
regularly
so
that
his
bowling
skills
are
super-sharpened
by
the
time
he
starts
shooting.
Says
the
Patiala
House
director
Nikhil
Advani,
"Akshay
has
been
training
diligently
and
religiously.
His
coach
Paras
Mhambrey
even
joined
him
at
Malshej
Ghat
for
Farah's
film.
Because
right
after
that
our
cricket
sequences
start
in
London."
Advani's
British
sports
co-ordinator
Robert
Miller
who
co-ordinated
the
hockey
and
cricket
scenes
in
Chak
De
and
Dil
Bole
Hadippa,
respectively,
is
down
in
Mumbai
right
now
finalizing
the
list
of
international
cricketers
who
will
play
with
Akshay
Kumar
in
Patiala
House.
Explains
Advani,
"We're
looking
at
international
cricketers
from
all
over
the
world…England,
South
Africa,
Australia,
Bangladesh…The
fact
that
the
IPL
matches
are
on
makes
our
job
easier
because
Robert
can
meet
and
negotiate
with
a
lot
of
international
cricketers
while
they
are
here." The
film
also
requires
county-level
and
regional
cricketers
whom
Miller
will
finalize
once
the
big-name
cricketers
are
finalized.
Says
Advani,
"I
basically
need
the
cricketers
from
May
25
to
June
5
for
the
various
games
that
we'll
be
shooting
in
England.
So
we
can
work
our
schedules
according
to
the
cricketers' date
diaries."
This,
admits
Advani,
is
easier
said
than
done.
"I've
a
real
uphill
task
ahead.
And
I've
stopped
sleeping
with
anxiety.
But
I've
one
expert
cricketer
on
my
team
already.
My
leading
man
Akshay
Kumar.
You've
to
see
how
well
he
bowls
now."
Apparently,
so
bowled
over
is
Akshay
by
his
coach
Paras
Mhambrey
that
he
now
intends
to
request
the
former
test
cricketer
to
train
his
son
Aarav
as
well.
Story first published: Wednesday, April 7, 2010, 14:53 [IST]