Breakaway is a 2011 English-language Comedy Drama motion picture written by Vinay Virmani, Noel S. Baker, Jeff Schechter, Ajay Virmani and Matt Simmons. The movie is directed by Robert Lieberman and produced by Akshay Kumar and Paul Gross under the banner of Hari Om Productions in collaboration with Breakaway Productions, Don Carmody Productions and Viacom 18 Motion Pictures. An ethnic Canadian hockey player struggles against traditional family values and discrimination from mainstream hockey players. Breakaway stars Vinay Virmani, Camilla Belle, Rob Lowe, Anupam Kher, Russell Peters, Gurpreet Ghuggi and Alyssa Veniece. The screenplay is written by Roberts Gannaway and Jeff Winfeld. The music was composed by Paul Intson along with Sandeep Chowta. Cinematography was done by Steve Danyluk and editing by Susan Shipton. The movie has a running time of 101 minutes. It was released on 23rd September 2011 in English and Punjabi languages. The Film was successful at box office. Breakaway was made on a budget of $0 million and it was a hit at box office gross of $0 million. Distribution rights for the film were acquired by Alliance Films.