Mumbai, January 07: Fans of the Hera Pheri series might be disappointed with news that Akshay Kumar and Paresh Rawal are not be part of the fourth installment. It is learnt that Hera Pheri 4 has been delayed because both Akshay and Paresh don’t have the necessary dates required by producer Feroz Nadiad-wala.
Now Sanjay Dutt and Nana Patekar are being considered as second choices to fill in for Akshay and Paresh.
Hera Pheri is one of the funniest films of the last decade and has a huge fan following. Both characters played by Paresh (Baburao) and Akshay (Raju) have become iconic. But now both actors have lost interest in the project and have made it clear they have no interest in coming together for yet another ‘Hera Pheri’ film.
Producer Firoz Nadiadwala delayed the film in the hope that he would be able to convince them to stay on, but now he has no choice but to go ahead with different actors.”
Talking about approaching Sanju and Nana, the source adds, “In all probability, you will see Dutt in Akshay’s role and Nana in place of Paresh. Both actors have good comic timing.”
When contacted, Firoz says, “This is completely untrue and baseless. The script has shaped up really well and we are planning to go ahead with it in coming months. We never make announcements, it’s just a matter of time before we actually start shooting.” Talking about approaching Nana and Sanju he adds, “How can we make Hera Pheri without Akshay and
They are very much a part of the film. As far as Sanju and Nana are concerned, they are doing other projects with us. Sanju is part of the Hangover remake while Nana is doing the Welcome sequel. So I don’t know where all this talk is coming from.”
——-Agencies