Speedy Singhs

Drama

Director

Robert Lieberman

ScreenPlay

Vinay Virmani

Cast

Vinay Virmani,Russell Peters,Anupam Kher,Gurpreet Singh Ghuggi,Sakina Jaffrey and Camilla Belle

Release Date September 23

Speedy Singhs tells the story of a young Sikh lad,Rajveer Singh (Vinay Virmani),who lives in a suburb in Toronto. Rajveer is an aspiring ice-hockey player,but because of his race,he fails to secure a place for himself in the local hockey team even after cutting his hair in an effort to look more Canadian. So he gathers his Punjabi buddies to form a team of their own and appoints Dan Winters (Rob Lowe) as the coach. The film about a small group of South-East Asian immigrants trying to form a hockey team strongly reminds us of co-producer Akshay Kumar’s Patiala House— except that in the film Akshay was an aspiring bowler.

The buzz

* The international version of the film is titled Breakaway,while the Indian version is called Speedy Singhs. Speedy Singhs is Akshay Kumar’s first Indo-Canadian venture and he features in a cameo in the film

* Real-life hockey player Vinay Virmani debuts in the movie in the lead role

* Popular stand-up comedian,Russell Peters,stars in Speedy Singhs,supposedly inspired by the life of a real hockey player