With the decision of co-producing the Indo-Canadian film Breakaway Akshay Kumar gets himself a step closer to sealing his longstanding bond with Canadian culture and his evergreen passion –sports.

Crafted by acclaimed director Robert Lieberman BREAKAWAY is a cross-cultural hockey drama set in the Indo-Canadian community of suburban Toronto, Canada. The film follows a hero caught between a family's traditional expectations and a dream to make it in the national sport of his adopted country.

Making sure that he leaves no stones unturned in ensuring that his project has the best of both world's Akshay Kumar has roped in world renowned stand up comedian Russell Peters –

"I grew up in Brampton, where BREAKAWAY is set and I know the characters in this movie first-hand. This is a great story about an Indian kid with a dream to do his own thing....something I know a thing or two about, " says Russell Peters. Russell, along with his brother Clayton Peters will also serve as Executive Producers of the film

Akshay Kumar says, "I'm confident that the film will strike a chord with Hollywood audiences...it expresses in a wonderful way the crossing of 2 great cultures -am proud to be associated with a project that has a brilliant and talented international cast and crew such as the one we have on board for Breakaway"