The last time Anil Kapoor and Nana Patekar joined hands for a laugh riot, they took the audience on a hilarious ride with Welcome Back (2015). Many hoped that they would recreate the magic with Housefull 5. But one hears that Kapoor—who was in talks to join Akshay Kumar, Abhishek Bachchan and Riteish Deshmukh in the comedy franchise’s fifth instalment—is no longer part of the film. While producer Sajid Nadiadwala and director Tarun Mansukhani were keen to have the senior actor on board, the talks apparently fell through over remuneration. “There is no bad blood. But Sajid and Anil disagreed on the fee that the latter demanded,” says a source. 

Akshay Kumar, Riteish Deshmukh and Abhishek Bachchan