Actor Paresh Rawal clarified that he is back to being a part of ‘Hera Pheri 3’ over a month after announcing his exit from the film. During his appearance on a podcast recently, the popular actor said things have been sorted with the film’s team, and he has joined his ‘friends for many years’ Akshay Kumar and Suniel Shetty in the Priyadarshan film.

Rawal, who played the iconic Baburao Ganpat Rao Apte in the comedy franchise, told Himanshu Mehta on his podcast, “Nahi controversy kuch nahi hai (No, there is no controversy). I believe that when people have loved something so much, then you have to be extra careful.”

He shared that he just wanted everyone associated with the film to put more effort at work. “It is our responsibility toward the audience. The audience has given you so much adulation. You can’t take things for granted. Mehnat karke unko do (Work hard and give them the film). So I was of the opinion that sab saath mein aaye, mehnat karein. Aur kuch nahin (Everyone should come together, work hard). It is all resolved now,” he explained.

When asked to comment on the trio finally coming back to lead the beloved franchise, Rawal talked about his wish for everyone to be doing better.

“Pehle bhi aane hi waali thi (The film was being released earlier as well), but it’s just that we had to fine-tune ourselves (laughs). After all, all of them are creative, be it Priyadarshan, Akshay or Suniel. They are friends for many, many, many years,” he said.

After Rawal’s abrupt exit from the film, Akshay Kumar’s production house filed a Rs 25 crore suit against him, claiming that his actions caused financial losses and disrupted the production schedule.

The shooting for ‘Hera Pheri 3’ is scheduled to begin in January next year.

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