Is
it
plain
coincidence
that
Akshay
Kumar's
screen
character
shares
the
same
nickname
as
his
wife's
ex-boyfriend?
Akshay
Kumar's
pet
name
in
his
next
release
Patiala
House
is
Gattu,
a
strange
coincidence,
as
that's
the
same
nickname
director
Abhishek
Kapoor
is
known
by.
Interestingly,
he's
also
Akshay's
wife
Twinkle's
ex-boyfriend.
Says
a
source
close
to
Akki,
"Akshay
and
Twinkle
knew
his
character
in
Patiala
House
would
be
called
Gattu
and
were
perfectly
comfortable
with
it.
The
real-life
Gattu
himself
is
amused
by
it.
When
he
read
his
name
on
the
promos,
he
had
a
hearty
laugh
and
even
joked
about
the
publicity
he
was
getting.
“Akki,
Tina
and
Gattu
are
all
friends
and
even
attend
social
events
together.
Very
few
people
can
maintain
such
cordial
and
comfortable
relationships
but
the
three
have
behaved
maturely
about
it.
Akshay
knew
people
would
remark
on
the
co-incidence
but
he
was
fine
with
it."
Director
Nikhil
Advani
says,
"Akshay's
screen
name
in
Patiala
House
is
Pargat
Singh
Kahlon
which
gets
abbreviated
to
Gattu.
It
was
our
dialogue
writer
Amrita
Dutt's
idea
to
name
him
Gattu.
Gattu
in
PH
is
a
Punjabi
boy
who
is
a
passionate
and
promising
bowler
who
has
to
sacrifice
his
dreams
for
his
father
as
he
doesn't
him
to
play
for
England.
It's
when
the
younger
generation
consisting
of
his
nieces
and
nephews
ask
him
to
re-live
his
dream
so
that
they
can
achieve
their
own
that
he
takes
up
cricket
again."
Story first published: Friday, February 4, 2011, 12:54 [IST]