Akshay Kumar refuses to do a cameo in Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2!

Akshay Kumar and Vidya Balan starrer Bhool Bhulaiyaa was not only critically acclaimed, but also received a huge commercial success. The movie achieved a cult status in Hindi cinema. 

Vidya’s performance in the film as Manjulika, a dance hailing from Bengal, is still considered iconic and regarded as one of her best to date. The Priyadarshan directorial is all set for a sequel that stars Kartik Aaryan in the lead role. 

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Ever since Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 was officially announced there have been speculations stating that Akshay Kumar will be reprising his role of Dr. Aditya Shrivastav, a psychologist, in the sequel. But, according to recent reports, Khiladi Kumar has generously refused to do a cameo in the movie. A source close to Bollywood Bubble shared, 

Akshay Kumar was in talks for a big cameo or a special appearance in Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2. He had to shoot for about 9-10 days where his character from the original returns to help Kartik’s character which is also of a psychologist. It’s exactly like how Akki’s guru ji came to his rescue in the first part. Kartik was supposed to play Akshay’s student and it would have been their first on-screen reunion, given that Kartik has always been a huge Akshay fan. Akshay has turned down the offer. He’s good friends with one part of the producers – Murad Khetani and Ashwin Varde and would have done it for them. They have produced his film The Shaukeens. But he called them up recently and told them he cannot do the film. He is extremely busy with his film schedules. After Sooryavanshi and Laxmmi Bomb, he starts work on Bachchan Pandey and Ikka. He has no time to spare and the team plans to go on the floors in January.

- Source quoted by Bollywood Bubble reveals

The source also revealed that, "Akshay was supposed to do Mogul, the biopic on Gulshan Kumar which he backed out of and Bhushan took it very personally. He even returned the signing amount for the film and declined another offer from the banner – which is supposed to be Divya Khosla’s next directorial. 

"Bhushan and Akshay had major fallout around a year ago and after that, they weren’t on talking terms. Murad and Ashwin tried to settle things between the two but to no avail. Akshay isn’t ready to play sidekick to Kartik. So he has politely turned it down. Now, the team is planning to go ahead without Akshay’s character. He might be mentioned in the film but he won’t have any cameo. But Akshay has promised to help the team in the film’s promotions."

Directed by Aneez Bazmee, Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2is slated to release on 31st July, 2020. There have been speculations that Ananya Panday, Janhvi Kapoor or Sara Ali Khan might join the cast. 

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