Kartik Aaryan Is Not Replacing Akshay Kumar In Hera Pheri 3, Confirms Suniel Shetty
After Paresh Rawal revealed Kartik Aaryan stepping in Hera Pheri 3, Suniel Shetty has now confirmed that Akshay Kumar's Raju character will not be done by Kartik. Instead, he has been roped in for a new and different character.
Hera Pheri 3 has become the most talked about subject in tinsel town. As soon as Paresh Rawal confirmed Kartik Aaryan¡¯s onboarding in this film, Akshay Kumar also went on to reveal that he has backed out of this project. Hera Pheri fans since then have been visibly upset with all developments.
To bring relief to hopeless fans, it was recently when Suniel Shetty said in an interview that he¡¯ll talk with the producers to bring Akshay back. Now there¡¯s another good news that Kartik won¡¯t be replacing Akshay in Raju¡¯s character but will play an entirely different character.
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Suniel Shetty in a recent interview confirmed the developments and confronted that Akshay Kumar cannot be replaced in Hera Pheri ever.
"That (getting Akshay back in the film) would be the best thing to happen. There are speculations that Kartik replaced Akshay. See, Akshay cannot be replaced. The makers are in talks with Kartik for a completely different character. So, there's no argument," Suniel told Bollywood Hungama.
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He added, "That void will always be there. What finally happens is something that needs to be seen. I am not aware because I am genuinely busy with Dharavi Bank. I have had no time to sit down and work on all this. After November 19, I'll sit down and understand and talk to Akki and others and see what happened."
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Earlier after hearing about this news, Suniel had appeared stunned and expressed that he would want to see if things can still fall in place.
Shetty told Mid-Day, ¡°Everything was on track, but I don¡¯t know what happened suddenly [that] Akshay is not a part of it anymore. Once I am [done with] Dharavi Bank promotions, I will sit with Firoz [Nadiadwala, producer] and understand why and how this happened. Akshay, Paresh and I had committed to the movie, and this twist has stunned me.¡±
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¡°Hera Pheri 3 cannot be the same without Akshay. Raju, Babu bhaiyya and Shyam are iconic characters whose journeys have been together. There¡¯s palpable excitement when you mention the film. I want to see if things can still fall in place,¡± he added.
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Akshay Kumar while addressing all this has spoken at Hindustan Times Leadership Summit saying, "'Hera Pheri' has been a part of me. A lot of people have memories and even I have good memories of it. But I feel sad that we haven't made the third part for so many years. The film was offered to me but I was not satisfied with the screenplay and the script. I was not happy with it.¡±
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Aditya Sagar is an Entertainment Journalist at Indiatimes who holds a true-blue Bollywood heart and has his ears tuned to the whispers of Tinseltown. From Dharma to Drama, he is your trusted guide to the glitz, glamour and gossip that make headlines. He can be reached out @theadityasagar across all social media platforms.
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