Fans were heartbroken to know that Anil Kapoor and Nana Patekar won't be part of Welcome 3, and have been replaced by Sanjay Dutt and Arshad Warsi. While there was no hate for Dutt and Warsi, it was more about people reminiscing their love for Welcome and Welcome Back and wanted to see Kapoor and Patekar reprise their iconic roles of Majnu and Uday.
It has been reported that Sanjay Dutt and Arshad Warsi will be portraying similar roles in the third film Welcome To The Jungle. However, their characters will have new names.?
So, why are the two actors from the first two films not part of the latest one? According to a Bollywood Hungama report, their sources have revealed that both Kapoor and Patekar received offers for Welcome 3 but the deal could not proceed due to monetary reasons.?
"There can't be Welcome without Anil Kapoor and Nana Patekar. They were first offered the film, but the conversation soon fell through. Producer Firoz Nadiadwala got the shock of his life when Anil Kapoor demanded Rs. 18 crores to act in the film," a trade source told Bollywood Hungama.??
The sourced further added, "Anil felt that Welcome is Welcome because of Majnu and the film will just get wider in the third part with the addition of Akshay Kumar. He felt that he deserved the money as the third part is a potential Rs. 300 crore film at India Box Office and even he deserved the amount he asked for. He tried to put forth his point, but when Firoz refused, he willingly backed out of the film. Akshay Kumar also tried to intervene and get Anil on board, but Anil was stuck on getting Rs. 18 crores."
The report added that with Anil Kapoor backing out of the project, Nana Patekar also decided to exit the plan since he did not want to play the role of Uday Bhai without Majnu.?
"Uday and Majnu are like Pav and Bhaji. There is no fun to eat either Pav or Bhaji and it makes sense only to have both components together. Once Anil backed out, Nana also took a backseat. Akshay and Firoz then decided to bring in Munna and Circuit in Welcome 3," the trade source informed Bollywood Hungama.
Welcome 3 will be releasing around Christmas time and will star Akshay Kumar, Disha Patani, Jacqueline Fernandez, Sanjay Dutt, Arshad Warsi, Suniel Shetty, Krushna Abhishek, Kikoo Sharda, Mika Singh and Daler Mehendi.
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