MID-DAY (October 17, 2014)

Over the years, Akshay Kumar has introduced quite a few faces on the big screen. His new find is South African supermodel, Michelle, who is making her debut in B-Town alongside the Khiladi in his upcoming film, The Shaukeens starring Anupam Kher, Annu Kapoor, Piyush Mishra and Lisa Haydon.

Akshay and the makers wanted to cast a fresh face in one of the film’s lead songs. Several auditions were held in Mumbai, but director Abhishek Sharma found the ‘perfect girl’ in Cape Town, South Africa, where the song was to be filmed. “The freshness that she has brought to the song is quite something,” said Sharma.