After
an
action
entertainer
Race,
Akshaye
Khanna
would
be
seen
again
in
a
family
comedy,
courtesy
Priyadarshan
with
whom
he
reunites
for
Mere
Baap
Pehile
Aap.
The
film
was
started
and
completed
without
much
hype
and
now
as
Mere
Baap
Pehile
Aap
is
aiming
for
a
release
in
the
month
of
June,
its
promotion
has
kick
started.
But
why
this
secrecy
around
the
project?
When
most
films
tom-tom
about
everything
from
pre-production
to
shooting
tid-bits
to
any
trivial
thing
related
to
the
making
of
the
film,
how
come
Mere
Baap
Pehile
Aap
escape
the
media
eye?
"That's
because
this
is
the
way
Priyan
sir
loves
to
operate",
says
a
close
associate
of
Priyadarshan,
"He
doesn't
want
people
to
be
knowing
so
much
about
his
films
way
in
advance
that
it
looses
it's
charm
once
it
hits
the
screens.
He
wants
audience
to
explore
his
films
by
themselves
on
the
screen
rather
than
reading
or
seeing
too
much
about
it
in
newspaper,
magazines
or
news/music
channels.
This
is
why
the
film
has
been
intentionally
completed
in
secrecy."
Starring
Paresh
Rawal
as
Akshaye
Khanna's
'baap',
the
film
features
Genelia
D'
Souza
as
Akshaye's
leading
lady.
The
film
also
stars
Naseeruddin
Shah,
Shobhana,
Om
Puri,
Rajpal
Yadav,
Manoj
Joshi
and
Archana
Puran
Singh.
Story first published: Wednesday, August 24, 2011, 11:59 [IST]