Entertainment: The film ‘Welcome’ released in the year 2007 is still liked by the audience. This film is counted among the best comedy films made in India. Actors like Akshay Kumar, Anil Kapoor, Nana Patekar, Feroz Khan, Paresh Rawal were seen in the film. The film proved to be a huge success at the box office, after which the producers turned it into a franchise. Two parts of the film have been released so far and the shooting of its third part has also started. Meanwhile, Nana Patekar, who was the main part of this franchise, has given a statement about the film.
Nana spoke on not working in ‘Welcome to Jungle’
The third part of the Welcome franchise ‘Welcome to Jungle’ is also going to be released this year. However, this time Nana Patekar and Anil Kapoor, who were an important part of the last two films, will not be seen in the film. Both of them have played the role of Uday Bhai and Majnu Bhai in this franchise. Recently, during an interview, Nana Patekar has revealed why he refused to work in ‘Welcome to the Jungle’.
‘Welcome is not possible without Anil and me’
During this interview, he gave the credit of the success of ‘Welcome’ to director Anees Bazmee. He said that earlier he was doubtful about playing the role of Uday Bhai, so he asked Anees to swear on his mother that this role would suit Nana. During this, he said that if Anil and he were not together, then this film would not have been completed. He said that ‘Welcome’ is possible only if Anil and he are together. If any of them is removed, then this film will not be completed.
‘Welcome to Jungle’ will feature a huge star cast
Regarding not working in ‘Welcome to Jungle’, he said that the producers had contacted him, but he was not seeing the story in the film and he was not enjoying it that much, so he refused to do the film. Let us tell you that ‘Welcome to Jungle’, which will be released in Christmas 2024, is a very big film. Stars like Akshay Kumar, Sunil Shetty, Raveena Tandon, Lara Dutta, Disha Patani, Paresh Rawal, Arshad Warsi, Mika Singh, Daler Mehndi, Shreyas Talpade, Pitobash, Tusshar Kapoor, Rajpal Yadav, Rahul Dev, Inaamulhaq, Sharib Hashmi, Kiku Sharda, Krishna Abhishek, Johnny Lever and Yashpal Sharma will be seen in it.
