Akshay Kumar likely to be back as Raju in 'Hera Pheri 3': Report

Actor Akshay Kumar is likely to be back as Raju in 'Hera Pheri 3' as Firoz Nadiadwala has taken the initiative to solve the differences with him.

A source told Pinkvilla, 'While everything was on paper with regard to the casting of Hera Pheri 3 with Kartik Aaryan, the tides are now changing again. Over the last 10 days, Firoz has met Akshay Kumar a couple of times to sort out all the differences and get him back to the loved franchise. He realizes how iconic the character is and also acknowledges that the credit to make the character scale new heights goes to the way in which Akshay enacted the part.'

Earlier, 'Rustom' actor clarified during a public event that he will not be the part of forthcoming 'Hera Pheri' franchise.

Akshay Kumar recently attended the Red Sea International Film Festival in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. During an in-conversation session, the actor a man from Pakistan quizzed him about his movie 'Bell Bottom' and said, 'I’m from Pakistan, your neighbour country. I have a request. You do fantastic movies like Pad Man and Toilet. There is an issue between India and Pakistan as well. Your recent movie Bell Bottom has certain things against Pakistan.'

To this, Akshay calmly replied, 'Sir, it’s just a movie. Don’t get so serious about it. It’s just a movie. There are many things like that. It’s just a movie, sir.' His answer is winning the hearts of the netizens and they are hailing him for his decency.

For the unversed, the Ranjit Tiwari directorial, set in the 1980s, revolved around the airplane hijacking of Indian Airlines and a mission to rescue the passengers.

Akshay Kumar was recently seen in 'Ram Setu'. He now has 'Selfiee', co-starring, Emraan Hashmi and Diana Penty, and Anand L Rai's 'Gorkha' in the pipeline.

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