Check Out Six Replacements In The Sequels Of Popular Franchises. - Suhel Johar

2017 saw successful instalments of popular franchises making money at the box office. Films like Ajay Devgn’s Golmaal Again, Pulkit Samrat’s Fukrey Returns, Salman Khan’s Tiger Zinda Hai, Baahubali 2 hit the bullseye with the same cast and but new plotline. The makers made it a point to reunite the same family of actors and give the audience a treat of nostalgia plus newness. But will the instalments run successfully if the cast gets changed? Well, 2018 is full of such instalments. The old popular franchises will come with sequels and a NEW cast.

 

Race 3: We saw two popular instalments of Abbas-Mustan’s Race with Saif Ali Khan in the lead. Initially, it was reported that Saif Ali Khan will repeat his character from the previous films. However, for the third one, the producer has not only replaced Saif Ali Khan with Salman Khan but also replaced the directors of the franchise Abbas-Mustan with Remo D'Souza. Shah Rukh Khan was offered a negative role in Race 3, but he turned down the role, reportedly from lack of interest in playing another villain. The almost entirely new cast of the film features Booby Deol, Daisy Shah, Jacqueline Fernandez, Saqib Saleem and Pooja Hegde. The only constant character in the film is that of Anil Kapoor aka Rober D’costa.

 

 

Kick 2: Salman Khan and Jacqueline Fernandez set the temperatures soaring when they paired up for Kick. So when Sajid Nadiadwala announced that Kick 2 will hit the floors soon and release in the week of Christmas 2019, everyone thought Salman and Jacqueline would pair up for the sequel too. But apparently Jacqueline is no longer a part of the franchise! In fact, Kick 2 has a completely new plot and character, hence the team of Kick decided to cast a new leading lady. The makers are currently in talks with a few actresses but no one has been finalised yet though Amy Jackson is said to be a front runner to be cast opposite Salman in Kick 2.

 

Namastey England: Remember the sweet love story of Akshay Kumar and Katrina Kaif, Namastey London? The Namastey franchise makers are back with the sequel sans these two stars. Akki and Kat will be replaced by Arjun Kapoor and Parineeti Chopra in the lead and the film will once again have the backdrop of England.

 

Singh Is Kinng: Well, Akshay Kumar won the heart as a desi, hilarious and helpful King aka ‘Happy’ in this light-hearted film. He then went on to do Singh Is Bling, however, in the new Singh franchise, the role of Happy is offered to Ranveer Singh. Ranveer has the same zeal and energy so we can hope that he might fit in into the shoes.

 

 

Student Of The Year 2: The debut film of Alia Bhatt- Sidharth Malhotra- Varun Dhawan i.e., Student of The Year, is back with the sequel SOTY 2, this time with another cast. The sequel will have Tiger Shroff and Ananya Pandey in the lead.

 

Aashiqui 3: Just like two previous instalments, the third one too is about a new couple. After the hit love stories of Anu Aggarwal- Rahul Roy and Aditya Roy Kapur- Shraddha Kapoor, the next one has rumoured lovebirds Alia Bhatt and Sidharth Malhotra in the lead. But one wonders if Aashiqui 3 will go ahead with Alia Bhatt and Sidharth Malhotra now that they've reportedly broken up and are no longer a pair.

Well, now we have six of the most awaited sequels with a brand new cast and we don’t know whether to be happy or sad for that. While letting go of the old cast will be a bit hard for the fans, the thought of how the new cast fares would be definitely interesting to watch.