Paresh Rawal needs no introduction. He is one of the most talented and celebrated actors in the Indian film industry. Paresh Rawal as Babu Rao and Akshay Kumar as Raju in Hera Pheri still rule hearts, and the buzz about Hera Pheri 3 raised excitement. However, reports soon surfaced that the actor refused to be part of the film, prompting Akshay Kumar to send him a legal notice and sparking controversy. In a recent interaction with senior journalist Vickey Lalwani, the actor revealed the real reason for his exit and the film’s shooting status.
When asked about the reported fallout between him and Akshay Kumar, actor Paresh shared that there is no fallout or any such thing between him and Akshay, giving his justification for his absence during the Welcome To The Jungle trailer launch, revealing he wasn’t available, and later on, he did attend the other two trailer launches. Paresh shared that there was nothing, but since I missed the trailer launch, people made assumptions.
Further, Paresh put the speculations that he was not comfortable working with Akshay Kumar to rest, revealing the real reason behind his exiting Hera Pheri 3, “It’s not at all a master of not being comfortable with Akshay Kumar. This is some contractual obligation of those people (Akshay Kumar and Firoz Nadiadwala). So if I do it, then I must have Firoz’s approval, because he is the sole owner of the franchise.”
The actor revealed that Firoz has the rights for Hera Pheri, Awara Paagal Deewana, and Welcome, and further, Paresh added, “They sent a legal notice. I said no, I don’t want to get into this legal message; I do not want to do this film, brother.”
Opening up on the legal notice sent by Akshay Kumar, Paresh shared that he believes that it was Akshay’s emotional reaction, like ‘how can Paresh say no to me’. To conclude the matter, Paresh confirmed that he will do Hera Pheri 3 no matter who makes it, as he is married to the film and Hera Pheri is an emotion.
Speaking about the shooting status, Paresh revealed that he shot with John Abraham and Abhishek Bachchan in 2016 for the film, and that the script was good, but he doesn’t know whether the two will still be there.
