Hera Pheri 3’s casting is surrounded by a lot of Hera Pheri activity. Akshay Kumar was formerly said to be working on three movies, including Hera Pheri 3, Awara Pagal Deewana 2, and Welcome 3. Producer Firoz Nadiadwala and actor Akshay Kumar have reportedly been in talks for some time, and the news has all Khiladi fans buzzing with anticipation. Everyone was shocked to learn that Kartik Aaryan will star in Hera Pheri 3 rather than Akshay Kumar just days after the reports surfaced.
We put on our detective hats and tried to figure out what went wrong in the previous week that resulted in the replacement of Akshay Kumar with Kartik Aaryan. Our sources claim that during the past few weeks, producer Firoz Nadiadwala had simultaneous conversations with both Akshay and Kartik. “Firoz was eager to restart the Hera Pheri franchise and intended to do so right away. Kartik is a hot property for Akshay Kumar franchises following the success of Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2, thus he was discussing Hera Pheri 3 with both Akshay and Kartik, a source told Bollywood Hungama.
The source added, “Through the discussion, Akshay Kumar quoted Rs. 90 crores as his fees plus some share of profit as his remuneration for Hera Pheri 3 whereas Kartik Aaryan was willing to do it for Rs. 30 crores. Firoz went to the satellite and digital players with the two probable casting calls and that’s when he realised that the proposition of working with Kartik Aaryan was giving him more lucrative returns in the final tally than working with Akshay. The difference in the remuneration price was nearly Rs. 60 crores between both actors. However, the film was fetching only Rs. 15 crores lesser from satellite and digital players for Kartik as compared to Akshay. Firoz was nearing saving Rs. 45 crores by signing Kartik for the film.”
Akshay was approached by Firoz once more in an effort to persuade him to agree to a profit-sharing arrangement. “Akshay declined because he believed the franchise would greatly benefit from his presence. After numerous meetings, the discussions came to a standstill since they were not progressing in the correct direction. That served as the death knell. After being forced to sign a contract with Kartik Aaryan, Firoz Nadiadwala is now ready to bring Hera Pheri 3 back to life. Kartik, in Firoz’ opinion, is the ideal choice to play Raju. In fact, the source said, the entire script has now been developed with Kartik’s picture in mind.
Anees Bazmee will very certainly helm Hera Pheri 3, and discussions about it are currently advanced. Farhad Samji would have been the director for Akshay Kumar because the actor was taking the lion’s part of the project. Even without shooting a single frame, signing Anees Bazmee (for Rs. 25 crores) would have resulted in Akshay and Anees earning Rs. 115 crores. The limited budget for Hera Pheri 3 was also crucial to its success, but now everything is in place, the source told Bollywood Hungama.