The Ahmed Khan-directed Welcome To The Jungle starring Akshay Kumar, Paresh Rawal, Suniel Shetty, Disha Patani, Jacqueline Fernandez, Raveena Tandon,Lara Dutta, and lots of others is among the many most awaited comedies of Hindi Cinema. The makers launched the movie with an announcement video, and took it on flooring in December 2023. The movie was introduced for a Christmas 2024 launch, however there have been sudden delays within the movie for diverse causes ever since in went on flooring.
There was a continuing demand from the followers to learn about Welcome To The Jungle and its possible launch date, and now Pinkvilla has solely learnt that the movie has landed in bother owing to monetary conflicts. A schedule slated to happen within the month of June is cancelled now. “Round 2 to three schedules of Welcome To The Jungle have been cancelled during the last 6 months, leaving the actors and their crew confused concerning the prospects. The actors have been allotting dates for the shoot of Welcome To The Jungle to producer Firoz Nadiadwala, and the identical stands cancelled on the final minute as a consequence of logistical and monetary points. The last-minute cancellation in shoot has resulted within the actors sitting at residence within the aforementioned interval, ,” revealed a supply.
The supply additional knowledgeable that round 60 p.c of the taking pictures for Welcome To The Jungle is wrapped up, and 40 p.c but stays to be performed. “The movie has been on flooring for over one and a half years now. There are additionally problems with non-payment of dues to the actors and their employees. A few of the initially solid actors have left the movie, and the remaining are nonetheless lending their assist for the love of the franchise. All of them consider that Welcome is a cherished franchise, and are keen to regulate their dates to complete Welcome To The Jungle,” the supply added. It’s an enormous star-cast of over 20 actors and getting mixture date is a process, particularly in an unprofessional setting of shoot.
“Initially, each actor was excited however cancellation of shoot is iffy after a degree because it doesn’t solely result in a waste of time for the actors, but additionally a financial loss, as the identical dates might have been allotted for one more movie or a model. Housefull 5 produced by Sajid Nadiadwala additionally had 20 actors, however the shoot planning was seamless. However quite the opposite, the dates are in a bizarre spot with Welcome To The Jungle by Firoz Nadiadwala,” the supply shared. As of now, not one of the actors are conscious concerning the actual dates for the following leg of Welcome 3.
Welcome is among the many most cherished manufacturers of Indian Cinema, and we hope that each one the problems are sorted out collectively by the stakeholders, and so they come collectively to complete the movie by the top of 2025. “The script of Welcome To The Jungle is genuinely humorous, which is what’s preserving all of the actors invested within the movie. They’re additionally hoping for Firoz to kind out all the problems, and restart the shoot as quickly as attainable. The 60 p.c of movie shot to this point, is loaded with ample gags, that the Welcome franchise is thought for, and the hope is on the rest to be shot quickly in an uncompromised method. The main hero, Akshay Kumar too is awaiting readability on shoot schedule from Firoz and co,” the supply concluded.
Keep tuned to Pinkvilla for extra updates.
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