The eagerly awaited return of the iconic duo, Uday Shetty (Nana Patekar) and Majnu Bhai (Anil Kapoor), in an upcoming film titled Welcome 3: Welcome to the Jungle has created a lot of excitement among fans of the hilarious Welcome franchise. However, recent news revealed that Patekar and Kapoor declined to participate in the film, leaving many disappointed.
Welcome to the Jungle: Why Nana Patekar & Anil Kapoor opted out of third installment: “Kahani nahi hai. Utna maza nahi aaya”
This was revealed by Nana Patekar himself during an interview with The Lallantop. The experienced actor did not mince his words when he said bluntly, “They did approach us. We said no. Kahani nahi hai. Utna maza nahi aaya (There’s no story. We didn’t enjoy it as much).”
In addition, Patekar disclosed that he initially had doubts about playing Uday Bhai in this film due to his strong bond with Aneez Bazmee through whom he even made him swear on his mother that indeed the character would suit him. However he mentioned friendship between Uday Bhai and Majnu Bhai is what Welcome is all about…” But if me and Anil are not doing it together then it feels incomplete. It’s only possible when me and anil are there, without me he can’t make welcome or vice-versa,”he stressed.
He also hinted at another reason for his apprehension when referring to underwhelming performance of sequel at box office – ‘Welcome Back’. While cult status has accompanied its first release in 2007, its follow-up in 2015 could not capture what made people love it so much.
Welcome to the Jungle remains highly anticipated with Akshay Kumar returning to comedy after a long break as well as being accompanied by over thirty actors including Arshad Warsi, Sanjay Dutt, Suniel Shetty, Paresh Rawal, Johnny Lever, Rajpal Yadav, Tusshar Kapoor, Shreyas Talpade, Krushna Abhishek, Disha Patani, Jacqueline Fernandez and Raveena Tandon among many others.
This film is expect to be release on December 20th , 2025.
