Action superstar of Bollywood, Akshay Kumar’s upcoming thriller comedy ‘Bachchan Pandey’ has everyone at the edge of their seats. Playing the titular character, Akshay Kumar looks as threatening as the film looks interesting! While there have been speculations around the film and Akshay Kumar’s character, which is also the film’s title, the actor finally put all rumors to rest on The Kapil Sharma Show when he graced the sets with his co-stars Kriti Sanon, Arshad Warsi, Jacqueline Fernandez and director Farhad Samji.
Host Kapil Sharma joked that the film’s title comes from the surnames of Bollywood icons Amitabh Bachchan and Chunkey Pandey. Talking about how his new film, was christened ‘Bachchan Pandey’, Akshay Kumar said, “I did a film called ‘Tashan’ where I played a character named ‘Bachchan Pandey.’ I really liked playing that character and Sajid (Nadiadwala) also really liked it so we thought of naming the film ‘Bachchan Pandey’.”