They worked together in hits like Mohra, Hera Pheri, and Awaara Paagal Deewana.

Now, the trio of Akshay Kumar, Suniel Shetty and Paresh Rawal get together again to work in the sequel of Hera Pheri, aptly titled Phir Hera Pheri.

Produced by Firoz Nadiadwala, the sequel, unlike Hera Pheri, which Priyadarshan directed, will be helmed by Satish Kaushik.

Another change is that Tabu will not be part of the second Hera Pheri movie. Instead models turned actresses Neha Dhupia, Lara Dutta and Gauhar Khan are the female leads.

The entire star cast of the film except Lara Dutta was present at Mumbai's J W Marriott Hotel.

"The film will begin from the time all these people get the money in the first film's climax. What happens to them after that? How life changes for them? We are trying to make this film on those lines. I hope the audience like it," Kaushik said.

Paresh Rawal, who played Baburao Apte in Hera Pheri to hilarious effect, said, "We will try our best to entertain the audience in this film [Phir Hera Pheri]. I know that is a huge task. Satish [Kaushik] and I have worked together as actors and entertained people. We hope to do the same as a director-actor team."

"I am happy to reunite with our old team of Hera Pheri and do a sequel," Akshay Kumar said.

Reportage: Syed Firdaus Ashraf
Photograph: Sebastian D'Souza/AFP/Getty Images