Hera Pheri producer alleges Priyadarshan left the film midway: ‘He did not even complete the film’

As per Firoz A Nadiadwala, the version that Priyadarshan handed him had a runtime of three hours and 40 minutes and was full of “depressing scenes.” He also alleged that the director was “absent during the background music recording and dubbing.” For Nadiadwala, it was late writer-director Neeraj Vora who changed the film completely as he “added a lot of punchlines”. Vora later directed the sequel Phir Hera Pheri.

The producer said that after Priyadarshan’s “disappearance,” the film was cut down to a sharp 130-minute runtime, and two songs were added – “Jab bhi koi haseena” and “Tun tunak tun”. The report also claims that Priyadarshan’s version of the film was not a comedy but the story of an economically challenged family.

Nadiadwala is seemingly still holding a grudge against Priyadarshan as he said, “The film, which the audiences saw, was the director’s cut in the sense that the director was cut from the final version.” He also added that the director tried to “convince the actors to say no” to the sequel.

Hera Pheri 3 is currently in the works as Paresh Rawal recently told indianexpress.com, “They are trying to work it out. Hopefully, by the end of this year, you will get good news.”