India, May 26 -- It's been just over a week since Paresh Rawal shocked the film world by announcing he was no longer a part of Hera Pheri 3, and yet the drama around his exit continues. Getting Paresh together with Akshay Kumar and Suniel Shetty for the threequel was called the casting coup of the decade. The first two films had been cult classics, and the original trio returning, along with director Priyadarshan, meant a lot of anticipation for part 3. But all that fizzled away the moment Paresh Rawal left the project. What followed was a series of unending claims, counter-claims, and even a legal case. We try to make sense of the mess:

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