Nikhil
Advani
had
a
major
dispute
with
the
rest
of
his
team
over
the
content
of
the
first
trailer
of
Patiala
House.
The
dispute
caused
a
critical
delay
in
getting
the
trailer
ready
to
be
attached
to
Tees
Maar
Khan
(TMK),
as
per
plan.
Consequently,
the
trailer
couldn't
make
it
to
all
the
theatres
in
Mumbai.
When
Nikhil
Advani
visited
a
suburban
theatre
to
watch
TMK
on
Friday,
it
wasn't
only
because
he
wanted
to
check
out
his
own
film's
hero's
latest
offering.
Nikhil
wanted
to
see
the
first
trailer
of
his
own
film
Patiala
House
that
was
attached
to
TMK.
To
his
shock
the
trailer
of
Patiala
House
was
missing
from
the
film
since
it
couldn't
be
attached
in
time
to
all
the
prints
of
TMK.
Laughs
Nikhil
joylessly,
"All
the
prints
of
the
trailers
for
the
Dolby
theatres
couldn't
be
ready
in
time.
So
only
about
70
percent
of
the
Dolby
theatres
could
show
the
trailer
of
Patiala
House
with
Tees
Maar
Khan.
Unfortunately,
I
landed
up
in
one
of
the
theatres
that
didn't
have
my
trailer
attached
to
the
film.
Can
you
imagine?
The
world
saw
it.
I
couldn't."
Was
it
a
last-minute
decision
to
peg
the
Patiala
House
trailer
to
TMK?
Explains
Nikhil,
"No
no.
We
had
decided
long
ago
to
attach
our
first
trailer
to
Tees
Maar
Khan.
Akshay
is
a
co-producer
on
both
projects.
Since
Patiala
is
not
a
comedy,
we
decided
we'd
wait
for
the
release
of
TMK
before
starting
the
campaign."
Then
Nikhil
blurts
out,
"All
the
Dolby
prints
of
the
trailer
couldn't
be
ready
because
there
was
some
problem
over
what
to
put
in
the
trailer."
Says
Nikhil,
"All
I'll
say
is,
there
was
some
dispute
over
the
content.
Patiala
House
is
not
a
comedy
and
I
didn't
want
to
pitch
it
as
a
comedy.
My
biggest
compliment
was
when
Rishi
Kapoor
(who
plays
Akshay's
father)
called
up
to
say,
'You've
hit
a
sixer
with
your
first
trailer.'"
Akshay
Kumar
admits
Patiala
House
takes
him
into
another
mood
away
from
the
comic.
"There
is
only
some
black
humour
in
Patiala
House.
Otherwise
it's
a
very
dramatic
story
of
a
Sikh
father
who
thinks
it's
unpatriotic
of
his
British-Indian
son
to
play
cricket
for
the
British
team
against
India.
Yes,
there
were
creative
differences
over
what
the
first
trailer
should
look
like.
I
am
not
just
the
actor
on
the
project.
I
am
the
producer
as
well."
In
brief,
Akshay
will
have
his
say
on
what
goes
into
the
trailer.
Story first published: Thursday, December 30, 2010, 16:11 [IST]