{"id":182821,"date":"2025-12-09T11:39:25","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T11:39:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/182821\/"},"modified":"2025-12-09T11:39:25","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T11:39:25","slug":"its-not-easy-to-manage-each-actors-ego-director-opens-up-about","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/182821\/","title":{"rendered":"“It\u2019s Not Easy To Manage Each Actor\u2019s Ego”: Director Opens Up About…"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Bollywood fans are in for a treat as the beloved Hera Pheri trio, Akshay Kumar, Suniel Shetty, and Paresh Rawa, will be seen together once again, this time in Ahmed Khan\u2019s upcoming adventure comedy Welcome to the Jungle. Before the much\u2011awaited Hera Pheri 3 goes on floors, the three actors will reunite on screen in this multi\u2011starrer, which is the third installment of the popular Welcome franchise. (File Photo)<\/p>\n

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Ahmed Khan has achieved what few filmmakers besides Priyadarshan managed in the past: bringing Akshay, Suniel, and Paresh together in one film. Their chemistry as Raju, Shyam, and Baburao in Hera Pheri remains iconic, and Khan admits that their timing is still impeccable. \u201cI have great relations with Akshay, Suniel, and Paresh. I can\u2019t believe they\u2019re working in my film after Hera Pheri,\u201d he said during the inaugural edition of SCREEN Spotlight. \u201cThey have the timing. If Akshay says something, then Paresh Rawal takes it from there, and then Suniel jumps in. There\u2019s an unknown attachment that Baburao, Shyam, and Raju somewhere pop up in them. I\u2019m taking advantage of that banter.\u201d (Image: Instagram)<\/p>\n

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At the same time, Khan acknowledges the challenge of ensuring that their performances don\u2019t slip into Hera Pheri territory. \u201cI know that I don\u2019t have to interfere too much. They know what they have to do. All I have to do is to see there\u2019s not too much Hera Pheri happening. I then tell them to snap out of it and come back to the zone of the film,\u201d he explained. (Image: IMDb)<\/p>\n

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The film boasts one of the biggest ensemble casts in recent memory. Alongside the Hera Pheri trio, Welcome to the Jungle features Arshad Warsi, Tusshar Kapoor, and Shreyas Talpade from Rohit Shetty\u2019s Golmaal franchise, comedians Kiku Sharda and Krushna Abhishek from The Great Indian Kapil Show, and entertainers like Daler Mehendi and Mika Singh. (Image: Instagram)<\/p>\n

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The lineup also includes Yashpal Sharma, Mukesh Tiwari, Johnny Lever, Rajpal Yadav, Sharib Hashmi, Inaamulhaq, Jackie Shroff, Raveena Tandon, Lara Dutta, Disha Patani, and Jacqueline Fernandez. (Image: Instagram)<\/p>\n

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Raveena Tandon, who reunites with Akshay Kumar after more than two decades, plays a Kashmiri character. Ahmed shared, \u201cRaveena and I are very old friends. We all came into the film industry together. When I was planning this film, I told Raveena she has to do the part. When I narrated it to her, she said, \u2018Ahmu, main toh karungi hi karungi.\u2019 I really wanted her.\u201d He added, \u201cShe plays a Kashmiri woman. She\u2019s very serious and angry all the time. But when she talks, you think ye kyun bol rahi hai.\u201d (Image: Instagram)<\/p>\n

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Managing such a massive cast has been no easy task. \u201cTo make such a film is not a joke. We had a minimum of 20 actors in a scene, and they went up to 34. We used to say, \u2018It\u2019s a less stressful day because there are only 15 actors on set.\u2019 That\u2019s still the full\u2011blown cast of an average film,\u201d Khan revealed. (File Photo)<\/p>\n

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He further admitted, \u201cIt\u2019s a tough job yaar. It\u2019s not easy to manage each actor\u2019s ego, their dates, their personal requirements, their dialogues. It\u2019s not just action and cut today. There\u2019s PR, there are ego massages, there are problems like one actor coming out of van while another doesn\u2019t. Filmmaking is not like K Asif\u2019s anymore, where you just smoke on set, and demand real diamonds instead of pearls. If you make those demands today, you\u2019d be told to go home. If you have to survive today, you\u2019ve to scratch their back so that they scratch yours.\u201d (File Photo)<\/p>\n

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With Welcome to the Jungle slated for release mid\u2011next year, audiences will witness the Hera Pheri trio in a new setting, surrounded by an ensemble of comedy and action stars. For fans, it\u2019s a double delight \u2014 a reunion ahead of Hera Pheri 3, and proof that their legendary timing still lights up the screen. (Image: IMDb)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bollywood fans are in for a treat as the beloved Hera Pheri trio, Akshay Kumar, Suniel Shetty, and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":182822,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[1482,25957,99210,93,61,60,270,99211],"class_list":["post-182821","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-bollywood","tag-bollywood-movies","tag-director-ahmed-khan","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-movies","tag-welcome-3"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182821","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=182821"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182821\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/182822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=182821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=182821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=182821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}