After back-to-back box office debacles, Akshay Kumar finally breathed a sigh of relief after his recent film OMG 2. The film collected over Rs 100 crore at the worldwide box office and emerged as a super hit. The actor already has several other projects in the pipeline and will be returning to the fav-favourite film franchises Hera Pheri and Welcome. Reportedly, Akshay agreed to take a pay cut for Welcome 3 and Hera Pheri 3 and will be sharing profits from the producer of the films, Firoz Nadiadwala.
Fans have been waiting for a third installment in the cult comedy film franchise Hera Pheri. While there were rumors of Kartik Aaryan replacing Akshay Kumar in the film after the OMG 2 star turned down the offer to star in Hera Pheri 3, Akshay bowed down to the request of his fans and joined Suniel Shetty and Paresh Rawal to star in the movie. Reportedly, the actor has now agreed to take a pay cut for the film
A report in Bollywood Hungama revealed that Akshay was sad about the news of Kartik replacing him in Hera Pheri 3 and thus went to producer Firoz Nadiadwala to sort out all differences. The actor will now also be a part of Welcome 3 and reprise his characters of Rajeev and Raju in Welcome 3 and Hera Pheri 3 respectively.
Akshay also kept in mind Firoz’s financial conditions and decided to enter a profit-sharing deal with the filmmaker. “Akshay decided to completely sacrifice his fees and entered into a profit-sharing model with Firoz Nadiadwala on the entire revenue
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