After Armaan Jain from the Kapoor-clan, veteran actor Vinod Khanna’s nephew Akhil Kapur is all set for his debut as an actor…
Akhil Kapur is all set to make his debut in director Anand Kumar’s ‘Desi Kattey’ this year. What’s more the newcomer, who is playing the lead role along with Jay Bhanushali, of two orphans who grow up in a remote village making country guns to earn their livelihood, feels lucky to be compared to Sanjay Dutt! Interestingly talking about Akhil, veteran actor Suniel Shetty, who plays the role of a shooting coach, said recently, “Akhil has got this young Sanjay Dutt kind of looks”.
According to sources, Suniel Shetty and Akhil bonded a lot on the sets of the film because of their martial arts background. It is to be noted that Akhil is a trained martial artist, and Suniel Shetty couldn’t stop praising the young actor as he said, “Akhil is a seasoned fighter which makes him look so real on-screen as he plays a grey character.”
Akhil will be seen playing Pali in ‘Desi Kattey’ which also features Shasha Agha Khan, Jay Bhanushali and Tia Bajpai. The music for the movie has been given by Kailash Kher and the film is slated to release on August 28.
