Filmmaker Sajid Nadiadwala and superstar Akshay Kumar are working towards making ‘Houseful 4’ the biggest one in the franchise.
The fourth instalment of the super-hit franchise, which is set to go on floors in 2018 and is scheduled for a Diwali 2019 release, has become a fixation with the duo, which are also neighbours. Sources say whenever the two meet, even informally; they come up with punch lines, which can be included in the film.
Now, Akki and Sajid Nadiadwala have also used their charm and persuasion powers to get Farhad Samji — the screenplay and dialogue writer of several hit comedy franchises including ‘Houseful’, ‘Judwaa’ and ‘Golmaal’ — to come on board and pen this fourth instalment.
“Farhad needed a little bit of persuasion,’’ says our source. “He directed ‘Houseful 3’ with his brother Sajid Samji. They wrote the dialogues for it and ‘Houseful 2’. After their split, Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment as a writer-director for two projects has signed Farhad Samji, who will now work independently. However, in the case of ‘Houseful 4’, he will only pen the screenplay and dialogues.”
Sajid Nadiadwala has written the main theme of the story, which is reincarnation drama. Set in two eras, one of which is close to the time in which ‘Baahubali’ was based, it will be mounted on a gargantuan budget. An insider says, “Plans are afoot to shoot that era on as lavish a scale as the ‘Baahubali’ franchise.” It seems Akshay Kumar and Sajid are leaving no stone unturned to make ‘Houseful 4’ a visual extravaganza. Biz Today Monitoring
