John Abraham – Esha Gupta in ‘Heri Pheri 3’

Bollywood actress Esha Gupta who was last seen in a song ‘Beparwah’ in Akshay Kumar’s ‘Baby’. The actress will now be seen in Neeraj Vora’s ‘Hera Pheri 3.’ She is being paired opposite John Abraham. Esha is quite thrilled to a part of the hit franchise. The second sequel to the franchise will feature three leading ladies. Nargis Fakhri is rumoured to be playing one of the girls. Feroz Nadiadwala will begin work on this film once, he wraps up ‘Welcome Back’.

Sources say, “The makers met Esha and she auditioned for the role. She had a second meeting this week and is set to sign on the dotted line. Earlier, Jacqueline Fernandez was approached to play one of the leads in the film, but she turned down the offer as she was busy with other projects. That’s when Esha Gupta came on board. While, Esha Gupta is part of the project, many girls have auditioned for the film and the makers are still looking for one more actress.”

The film also has the hit ‘Dostana’ jodi of John Abraham and Abhishek Bachchan. The two are named as Raju in the film. Since John will be depicting a double role in the film, he is called ‘Raju Duplicate’. Paresh Rawal and Suniel Shetty will return in this film, as Baburao Ganpatrao Apte and Shyam.