TV artist Girija Shankar, best known for playing Dhritarashtra in B.R. Chopra's epic "Mahabharat", is ready to tickle the audience's funny bone with his directorial debut "Banana Brothers".

Shankar will release the film Feb 10, which is also his birthday.

"Banana Brothers", a comedy made in English with a dash of Punjabi and Gujarati, shows the difficulties faced by Indians who migrate to foreign lands in search of money and success with a pinch of a humour. The film revolves around taxi driver Baldev Singh, played by Gursewak Mann, who migrates to the US from Punjab to fulfil his dreams. He meets a Gujarati called Ketan Patel, played by Anupam Kher, who also has the same dreams.

As both of them nurture similar aims and aspirations they join hands and start a business. While they are still putting in efforts to make it big in America, the two struggling businessmen bump into scheming producer Rajinder Kumar, played Gulshan Grover.

There are lots of funny twists and turns in the tale as the film shows how the two characters keep alive their spirit in spite of all odds.

Renowned ghazal maestro Jagjit Singh and Jai Dev Kumar, a well-known name in the Punjabi music industry, have done the film's music.

"Banana Brothers", which was shot in Los Angeles and San Francisco, has Seema Malhar, Mary L. Carter, Radha Saluja and Johny Lever in the cast.

Quite a few films have been made on similar subjects. Trade pundits feel "Banana Brothers" will strike gold at the box office only if its treatment of the subject is exceptional.