Why? Patiala Why?

Welcome to the Patiala House Twenty Questions quiz and your time starts now…

1.     Why did I ever think Nikhil Advani had a lot of potential. Was it because Kal ho na ho is my wifes favourite film, or because he cast Salman Khan as the Indian Hugh Grant in Salaam e Ishq?

2.     Why was this film, with a South Hall setting, an anti-gora dad, a Punjabi munda, a gurudwara sequence, a few samosas and a sukhwinder singh song, not entertaining enough to the Punjabis, let alone me?

3.     Why didn’t the director just make Namaste London 2?

4.     Why did I feel like I was watching DDD Goal 2?

5.     Why does Akshay Kumar, huff and puff after just bowling one ball everytime?

6.     Why weren’t India playing in this T 20 world cup?

7.     Why did Sanjay Manjrekar have more lines than Dimple Kapadia?

8.     For that matter,  why was Dimple kapadia there in this movie?

9.      Why was everything so convenient? The Jilebi maker wants to be a chef, the bhajan singer wants to be a rap or some guy with a ponytail a film maker?

10. Why does Akshay look like he has just come out of a 'Dhadkan' shoot?

11. Why does Rishi Kapoor run out of the house with a Pressure Cooker to beat up the Skinheads? Did he think it would diffuse the pressure of the situation?

12. Why does Anuskha Sharma, with an English mother, Sardar father and living in Mumbai have a Delhi accent?

13. Why was an irritating kid there in the film? Unless he was Nikhil Advani’s son?

14. Why did David Gower and Graham Gooch agree to do this film over Lagaan?

15. Why does no one have a british accent in the movie, except Nasser Hussain?

16. Why did Andrew Symonds, who is clearly the villain of the film, not say 'kitne aadmi the'?

17. Why does ‘Laung da lashkara’ sound like a terrorist group?

18. Why was there no match fixing scandal? I am disappointed

19. Why didnt anyone call the cable guy?

20. Why did I even watch this film?