Akshay Kumar and R Madhavan reunite for Sajid Khan’s out-and-out comedy

Akshay Kumar and R Madhavan. Pics/By Special Arrangement, Instagram, Yogen Shah, AFP

If action is Akshay Kumar's bread and butter, comedy is his jam. After Priyadarshan-directed Haiwaan failed to make an impact at the box office, the actor is keen to let loose with comedy, and who better to team up with than his close friend and collaborator Sajid Khan? Nearly 14 years after Housefull 2 (2012), the duo is reuniting for an untitled comedy produced by Ektaa R Kapoor.

After playing each other's rival in Kesari Chapter 2: The Untold Story of Jallianwala Bagh (2025), Kumar and R Madhavan will now share the screen in this comedy, with Shriya Saran and Disha Patani also joining the cast.

Disha Patani, Shriya Saran and Sajid Khan

"Madhavan is excellent at comedy but he has not done this kind of role before. Last year, Akshay and he were seen in the courtroom drama. This is the first time they are paired together in an out-and-out Sajid Khan comedy," shares a source.

Once Kumar wraps up Samuk, Kanishk Varma's alien survival thriller, "he will shoot in a start-to-finish schedule". "The film is a hilarious comedy of errors, revolving around middle-aged men and mounted on a grand scale, with Disha and Shriya playing the romantic leads," adds the source.

The film will go on floors in London "by the end of year or early 2027", after Khan wraps up Hero Ki Horrorine, starring Yashvardhan Ahuja and Nitanshi Goel.

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Sajid Khan was set to direct ‘Housefull 4', but was dropped following multiple sexual harassment allegations against him.