Pankaj Tripathi doesn’t think he is the ‘right person’ to replace Paresh Rawal in Hera Pheri 3: ‘I am nothing in front of him’

Tripathi, who will be reprising his role of lawyer Madhav Mishra in the upcoming season of Criminal Justice, has done impressive comedic roles throughout his career in movies like Fukrey (2013), Bareilly Ki Barfi (2017), and Stree (2018). While on paper he might be the right catalyst for the job, replacing a character as iconic as Baburao is a difficult task. Rawal, who originally played Baburao in both Hera Pheri and Phir Hera Pheri, stated that he did not feel like doing the role at this point in his career, and even though many reports suggested that he left the project due to creative differences with the director, the actor made it clear that this was not the reason.

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While Akshay Kumar went on the offensive and sued Rawal for exiting the project mid-development, Suniel Shetty wasn’t even aware that something like this had happened. He admitted that he got informed of Rawal’s exit by his children, who saw the news blowing up on social media. In an interview with E24, Shetty revealed that he will be meeting with Rawal to discuss his untimely exit and added that this entire episode was very out of the blue for him.

Sunil said, “I am as shocked as you are. I spoke to him for only a second, and he asked to meet. We haven’t been able to meet and talk yet. We have shot the trailer, so I don’t know what happened. Otherwise, Paresh ji is not like this. He wouldn’t have announced it on a public platform. I, Paresh ji and Akshay are united when it comes to Hera Pheri. He was quite charged,” added the Nadaaniyan actor.

He admitted that he was planning only to do sequels of iconic films like Hera Pheri, Awara Pagal Deewaana, and Welcome for a while, unless something like Kesari Veer came along. Even so, the actor called Rawal’s exit and the aftermath “heartbreaking”.

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