Akshay to bring back his 3 loved franchises: Hera Pheri 3, Awara Pagal Deewana 2, and Welcome 3

Bollywood Khiladi has put all his forces to revive iconic roles

The Covid-19 pandemic has changed the dynamics of the film business across the globe, wherein the relatively smaller and non-spectacle cinemas are failing to set the cash registers ringing. The two years have been a learning curve for the entire industry, and back in August, Pinkvilla informed the readers of how Akshay Kumar is revamping his style of working by stepping in for bigger theatrical experiences and two hero films going forward.

Pinkvilla has now reported that the Bollywood Khiladi has put all his forces to revive three of his most loved franchises – Hera Pheri, Welcome and Awara Pagal Deewana – with Firoz Nadiadwala. “Over the years, Akshay Kumar and comedy have proven to be a lethal combo and the actor has delivered few of the most iconic characters for Hindi cinema in this space, which have formed a part of pop culture too. Three of his many loved characters are Raju from Hera Pheri, Guru Gulab Khatri from Awara Pagal Deewana, and Rajiv from Welcome. Come 2023, and he will be revisiting these characters one after the other with Hera Pheri 3, Awara Pagal Deewana 2, and Welcome 3,” revealed a source close to the development.

The projects have been in the talks for a while now but things are finally moving in the right direction, as Akshay and his team have taken the responsibility to revive these projects and serve the audience with unlimited entertainment. “Akshay and Firoz have had multiple meetings over the last month to get everything in place for these projects. The idea is to revive the three franchises and bring back the Hindi cinema audience in a big way,” the insider added.

They continued, “The three films fit the bill of post Covid content to create genuine excitement in the audience. The talks are on with three top directors and we expect an official announcement on one of the three projects in the next few months.” Earlier, Pinkvilla had reported that Anand Pandit is also teaming up with Firoz on the franchises.

Apart from Hera Pheri 3, Awara Pagal Deewana 2, and Welcome 3, the other projects that Akshay is looking to kick off in the coming two years including Bade Miyan Chote Miyan co-starring Tiger Shroff, Jolly LLB 3 with Arshad Warsi and Housefull 5 featuring Riteish Deshmukh, John Abraham, Abhishek Bachchan, and Bobby Deol.

Last week, Akshay was in the news for falling prey to death threats, alongside Salman Khan and Anupam Kher. It was then reported that the star will be given X-category security, which means he will be assigned two armed personnel at all times. No commandos will be provided. The cost of the extra caution will be borne by Akshay. The Maharashtra government upgraded the security for each actor after an internal assessment revealed threats to them.

According to a source, the projects have been in the talks for a while now but things are finally moving in the right direction.

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