Akshay Kumar wants a better script

There was a time when a few comedies starring Akshay Kumar struck gold at the box office. Hera Pheri, Awara Paagal Deewana, Aflatoon, Garam Masala, Housefull were some of these hilarious offerings. While Hera Pheri and Housefull get their third and fourth parts soon, there have been rumours that producer Firoz Nadiadwala wanted to create a second offering of the Akshay-Aftab-Paresh-Johnny Lever starrer, Awara Paagal Deewana.

“Yes, there have been talks, but Akshay was not very impressed by the script because he felt that the script was lost in time and it needed to be much more contemporary to make the audience laugh. People are not appreciating retro humour anymore and films like Humshakals and Himmatwala directed by Sajid Khan have failed because they lacked newness. Also, Akshay is doing Housefull 4 and Hera Pheri 3 for Sajid and Firoz Nadiadwala respectively and he wants Firoz to up the ante and the quality of the script and humour for APD2,” informs our source.

— Sanskriti Media