Rumour has it: 'Hera Pheri' men Akshay Kumar, Suniel Shetty & Paresh Rawal will team up again

The last few days have seen plenty of reports on Hera Pheri 3 being made with the original cast — Akshay Kumar, Suniel Shetty and Paresh Rawal. The buzz gained momentum after Akshay shared a picture of himself with Suniel on social media.

Industry sources tell us that producer Firoz Nadiadwala is yet to finalise the director and the subject for this collaboration.According to our source, “Over the years, the differences between Firoz and Priyadarshan, who directed the first Hera Pheri (2000), have been resolved. So, chances are that, Priyan will direct the third instalment as well. At the same time, Firoz has also settled issues with Anees Bazmee, with whom he had a fall out before the release of Welcome Back. And Anees has also expressed a desire to direct Hera Pheri 3. So there is a one per cent chance that he may helm it. They are also to decide which subject to make the movie on — the Hera Pheri 3 that the late writer-director Neeraj Vora was to make and which was launched in 2015 or another subject that has inspirations from Hollywood’s Police Academy series.”

When contacted, Firoz denied that the plot had anything to do with the Police Academy series or any of Neeraj’s works. Instead he maintained, “We’re still finalising the cast. Wait for two weeks, as that’s when I’ll be making an official announcement.”