Trivia
1. The movie is loosely based on the life of England Slow left-arm orthodox bowler Monty Panesar.
2. Akshay Kumar's real-life Mother-in-law Dimple Kapadia plays his mother in the film.
3. Nikhil Advani was looking for an actor to play younger Akshay Kumar and spotted Usman Qureshi is one of the family photos of director Ashutosh Gowarikar.
4. This was the second film after Namastey London (2007) where Rishi Kapoor played an NRI from London. Also, both films feature Akshay Kumar in the lead.
5. Balwinder Singh Sandhu former Indian cricketer and member of the 1983 world cup winning team helped Akshay Kumar to prepare for his character of a fast bowler by accompanying him everywhere on the film sets.
6. Cricketers Naseer Hussain, Sanjay Manjrekar, Kieron Pollard, Herschelle Gibbs, Shaun Tait, Andrew Symonds, and cricket commentator Allen Willkans make an appearance in the film.
7. The house of the title is a multi-story apartment building in London's Southall.
8.1979 Southhall Riots were the background of the film. Which showed the lives of Sikhs in Southhall before and after the riots.
9. Anushka Sharma plays the love interest of Akshay Kumar, who plays the role of a cricketer. Sharma would marry real-life Indian cricketer Virat Kohli in 2017.
10. Rishi Kapoor and Dimple Kapadia paired together after six years. The last time being for Pyar Mein Twist 2005.
11. Director Nikkhil Advani filmed some of the cricket sequences in 3D but eventually decided against using the technology as he felt the film didn't warrant it.
12.Anushka Sharma's first film outside of her three-picture deal with Yashraj Films.
13. Tinu Anand's character of Mr. Bedi was inspired by former Indian Cricketer Bishan Singh Bedi.
14. Priyamvada Narayanan, an assistant director on Ashutosh Gowarikar's Lagaan made a documentary based on the 1979 Southall riots inspired by the film.
15. The first film to pair up Anushka Sharma and Akshay Kumar together.
16. Former Indian pacer Paras Mahambrey also helped in coaching Akshay Kumar along with Balwinder Singh Sandhu.
17. The trailer of the film was launched with Akshay Kumar's Tees Maar Khan 2010.
18. The idea of the film was given by Rahul Nanda son of writer Gulshan Nanda.
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Budget
26 Crores
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Box office collection
35.3 Crores
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Filming Location
Southall, Middlesex, England, UK
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Production Details
Bugle Boy Films,Hari Om Entertainment Company,People Tree Films