Talk in tinsel town is that the heroines for Welcome 3 have been finalised. This will be the first of Akshay Kumar’s latest collaboration with producer Firoz Nadiadwala to go on floors early next year. In keeping with the franchise template of the conflict centred on the female leads, the makers have roped in Jacqueliene Fernandez and Disha Patani for the third instalment. While the first two editions were helmed by Anees Bazmee, the third part will see Ahmed Khan pick up the directorial baton. Akki reprises his character Rajiv, while Sanjay Dutt and Arshad Warsi step in to play Uday Shetty and Majnu respectively. The five actors and the makers reportedly did a photoshoot at Empire Studios last week. Firoz and Ahmed plan to announce their new laugh riot soon.

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