Paresh Rawal explains departure from ‘Hera Pheri 3’: I don’t really feel like part of it-OxBig News Network

Actor Paresh Rawal.
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Veteran actor Paresh Rawal has cleared the air about his departure from the Hera Pheri franchise.

Reports emerged final week of Rawal, who performs the long-lasting character Baburao Ganpatrao Apte aka Babu Bhaiyaa within the Hera Pheri movies, quitting the forthcoming instalment, Hera Pheri 3.

Rawal, Akshay Kumar and Suniel Shetty had been set to return within the much-awaited movie directed by Priyadarshan. However, as confirmed by Rawal earlier on social media, he has exited the movie. “I wish to put it on record that my decision to step away from Hera Pheri 3 was not due to creative differences,” Rawal wrote on X. “I REITERATE THAT THERE ARE NO CREATIVE DISAGREEMENTS WITH THE FILMMAKER. I hold immense love, respect, and faith in Mr Priyadarshan, the film’s director.”

Explaining the rationale behind his transfer, Rawal informed Mid-Day, “I know it came as a shock to many. We three make a great combination with Priyadarshanji directing us, but the fact is that I opted out because today I don’t feel like a part of it.” 

Rawal didn’t verify if he left the movie over remuneration points, as has been speculated on-line. All the identical, he sounded decided about his choice. “It is final for the time being. I always say never say never for anything. One cannot predict what happens in the future,” he was quoted as saying by Mid-Day.

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The Hera Pheri franchise started in 2000, following the adventures of two down-on-their-luck tenants and their bumbling, bespectacled landlord. It was remade from the 1989 Malayalam movie Ramji Rao Speaking, directed by Siddique-Lal.

While the primary Hera Pheri was directed by Priyadarshan, the endlessly memed second movie, Phir Hera Pheri, was helmed by Neeraj Vora.