Akshay Kumar recently spoke about why he was not part of Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 and Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3. The actor headlined the 2007 original, whose cult following paved the way for the subsequent films which starred Kartik Aaryan in the lead.

During an interaction with Pinkvilla, a fan shared that he didn’t watch Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 and Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 because Akshay was not in the film. Responding to this, he said, “Beta, mujhe nikaal diya tha (I was removed). That’s it.”

Akshay, however, also spoke about reprising his iconic role of Raju in Hera Pheri 3. “Even I am waiting to start Hera Pheri 3. I don’t know, but if everything goes well, it will start this year. When we started Hera Pheri, we didn’t know it would go ahead to become such a cult. Even when I saw the film, I didn’t understand. Yes, it was funny, but none of us expected the characters of Babu Bhaiya, Raju, and Shyam to become a cult,” he said.

Akshay’s upcoming film Sky Force, also starring Veer Pahariya, Sara Ali Khan and Nimrat Kaur, is slated to hit theatres this week. He also has Jolly LLB 3, Housefull 5, Welcome to the Jungle and Bhooth Bangla in the pipeline.