To Priyadarshan, the events of the past few days have been “a mystery”. The filmmaker was in his hometown Thiruvananthapuram when he heard that Paresh Rawal had announced his exit from Hera Pheri 3, the highly anticipated instalment in the cult comedy franchise starring him alongside Akshay Kumar and Suniel Shetty. Things quickly spiralled since with actor and producer Kumar reportedly suing Rawal for R25 crore for leaving the project midway. Even as a cloud of uncertainty looms over Hera Pheri 3, what has hurt the filmmaker is the nature of Rawal’s exit. 

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