Hera Pheri 3: Suniel Shetty has confirmed that the third part of the ‘Hera Pheri’ franchise is finally happening and he is looking forward to working on the film. Akshay Kumar and Paresh Rawal. The actor, who played the role of Shyam in the last two films, shared the news on LinkedIn.
Suniel Shetty wrote, “So Hera Pheri 3 is finally happening! Looking forward to being back on the sets with Paresh Rawal and Akki (Akshay Kumar). Like all good things, it took some time, but it’s finally responding.” It’s a relief to meet.” to the question.” Further adding, “In the film, Akshay Kumar, Sunil Shetty and Paresh Rawal will be seen reprising their popular characters, Raju, Shyam and Baburao, respectively.”
Shetty starred opposite Rawal and Kumar in the original “Hera Pheri”, which released in 2000 and achieved the status of a cult comedy. It was followed by the sequel “Phir Hera Pheri” (2006), with Shetty reprising his role of Shyam, Rawal returning as Babu Bhaiya and Kumar as Raju.
The third part has been in the works for a long time. Last year, Akshay had announced that he had opted out of the threequel due to creative differences.
In his post on LinkedIn, Shetty also talked about the process of financing a film, its production, distribution and how the team makes money. He elaborated on the various revenue models like box office, digital and satellite rights.
Earlier, some pictures from the sets featuring Akshay, Sunil and Paresh Rawal were doing the rounds on social media. In the viral photo, the Khiladi actor can be seen in the famous floral shirt and red pants similar to his look in ‘Phir Hera Pheri’. According to social media reports, this photo was taken during the shoot of the announcement video of the third part. Sometime back, there were reports of Kartik Aaryan replacing Akshay Kumar in the film due to Akshay Kumar’s differences with producer Firoz Nadiadwala.
If reports are to be believed, earlier Akshay has opted out of the franchise due to lack of clarity in the script. Following the news, Paresh took to Twitter and confirmed that Kartik is a new addition to the cast. A fan tagged Paresh Rawal on Twitter and asked, “@Sir PareshRawal Sir, is it true that Kartik Aaryan is doing Hera Pheri 3?” To this Paresh tweeted, “Yes it is true.”