Gather up Akshay Kumar fans! The Khiladi is bringing back larger than life comedy genre back in cinemas, if a report in Pinkvilla is to be trusted. Akshay, according to the article, has put all his forces to revive three of his most loved franchises – Hera Pheri, Welcome, and Awara Pagal Deewana – with Firoz Nadiadwala.

“Over the years, Akshay Kumar and comedy have proved to be a lethal combo, and the actor has delivered few of the most iconic characters for Hindi cinema in this space, which have formed a part of pop culture too,” an insider shared.

“3 of his many loved characters are Raju from Hera Pheri, Guru Gulab Khatri from Awara Pagal Deewana, and Rajiv from Welcome. Come 2023, and he will be revisiting these characters one after the other with Hera Pheri 3, Awara Pagal Deewana 2, and Welcome 3,” revealed a source close to the development to publication.

Akshay Kumar’s upcoming films

“Akshay and Firoz have had multiple meetings over the last month, to get everything in place for these projects. The idea is to revive the three franchises and bring back the Hindi cinema audience in a big way. The three films fit the bill of post covid content, to create genuine excitement in the audience. The talks are on with 3 top directors (we will bring more on this soon), and we expect an official announcement on one of the three projects in the next few months,” the source added.

Apart from Hera Pheri 3, Awara Pagal Deewana 2, and Welcome 3, the other projects that Akshay is looking to kick off in the coming two years including Bade Miyan Chote Miyan co-starring Tiger Shroff, Jolly LLB 3 with Arshad Warsi and Housefull 5 featuring Riteish Deshmukh, John Abraham, Abhishek Bachchan, and Bobby Deol.