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Akshay feels John has fantastic comic timing, much like Mr Bean.
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Expectations are quite high from John and Akshay to recreate the magic of Garam Masala.
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Rohit Dhawan is also under a lot of pressure as he's the son of king of comedy.
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Chitrangada plays Akshay's love interest in the film.
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John Abraham will be seen romancing Deepika Padukone in the film.
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John Abraham, Deepika Padukone and Akshay Kumar in Desi Boyz poster.
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First poster of the movie featured John and Akshay in shorts.
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The film recently was in news for John-Akshay's daredevil stunt in a helicopter. They shot without a harness and stood poised at the open door of the chopper with no strapping.
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Rohit said: "The movie is very much different and does not have my dad's style of comedy and humour. The humour in my film is subtle while the kind of humour he has in his movies is loud. And it is difficult to do that."
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David Dhawan's son Rohit Dhawan will be making his directorial debut with this film.
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Akshay and John play rivals in the movie who lose their jobs and then compete with each other as pole dancers in the same night club.
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The duo will star together six years after Garam Masala.
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Akshay Kumar and John Abraham in Desi Boyz.
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Akshay Kumar, John Abraham in a movie still.
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Nick is downsized and Jerry is told by social services that he'll lose his nephew Veer to a foster home. It's time for desperate measures and the duo decide to strip and earn a living as pole dancers under new names, Hunter and Rocco.
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Jerry, a security guard, happily sponges off him till recession strikes.
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A couple of years later, he finds a job as an investment banker, a beautiful fiancée and a cushy London pad.
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John plays Nick Mathur who, along with his friend Jerry Patel (Akshay), lands at the Oxford University.
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Latur-based script writer Shyam Devkatte has claimed copyright on the title and the story of Desi Boyz.
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After working together in Housefull and Chandni Chowk To China, Akshay Kumar and Deepika Padukone feature again in this film but not opposite each other.
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The film has been mostly shot in London with very few sequences being canned in studios in Mumbai.
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"Many people feel that the film is about pole dancing or that they are playing pole dancers in the film. But let me clarify that it is not the case," says Rohit.
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Akshay and John are so professional that they trained for pole dancing before shooting. They visited a few clubs in London and jumped on stages to practice with real poles.
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Akshay and John will be seen in a pole dancing sequence in Rohit Dhawan's upcoming film.
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Chitrangda Singh and Akshay Kumar in a still from Desi Boyz.
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John on Akshay: "I'm always happy being around Akshay and it shows. I owe him a lot. He has great comic timing and watching him helped me grow as an actor within the same comic space. Garam Masala was my training ground, with Akshay and Priyadarshan as my teachers."
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Akshay on John: "We worked together after six or seven years. Besides the size of his muscles, John's acting and comic timing has improved a lot too. He's really matured as an actor and he is a close friend," says Akshay.
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John Abraham shakes a leg with Deepika Padukone.
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Deepika Padukone looks stunning in the film.
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Desi Boyz has got an A-certificate which disappointed director Rohit Dhawan.
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John-Deepika in a still from Desi Boyz.
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