Filmmaker Priyadarshan said 'Hera Pheri' 3 is "dead" as it is embroiled in multiple legal issues. He also alleged that producer Firoz Nadiadwala insulted him several times and even told Akshay Kumar not to make the third instalment with him. "He told me that my cut of Hera Pheri [2000] looked like a poor man's version," Priyadarshan said.