Pankaj Tripathi reveals it was Akshay Kumar who suggested him for OMG 2 | Hindi Movie News

Akshay Kumar and Pankaj Tripathi’s OMG 2 has been holding strong against the juggernaut called Gadar 2 starring Sunny Deol that became the fastest film to enter the 200 crore club by achieving the feat in 5 days. In comparison, OMG 2 minted about Rs 72 crore in the same time frame.
To many, the film belongs completely to Pankaj Tripathi who plays the role of KantiSharan Mudgal who wants to bring about a change in the thought process of people when it comes to sex education.Talking about this in an interview with News 18, the actor said the film always belongs to the director, but this film belongs as much to Akshay Kumar as much to him, because if it wasn’t for Akshay Kumar this film wouldn’t have been made.
He also revealed that it was Akshay Kumar who suggested his name to the director Amit Rai for the film as the director wasn’t much aware about his work. He said Akshay told him to cast him as Kanti.
He also added that when the director Amit Rai was narrating the story to him, Akshay Kumar was present on video call and after a point he took over from the director and continued to narrate the film over the next few days.