The director has replaced Neeraj Vohra who will be scripting the film now
Upala KBR (DNA; May 27, 2016)

While Akshay Kumar, Sunil Shetty and Paresh Rawal will be Raju, Ghyanshyam and Baburao Ganpatrao Apte’s in Hera Pheri 3 the directorial baton has changed hands. Ahmed Khan will now helm the triquel instead of Neeraj Vora, who was directing John Abraham and Abhishek Bachchan before they opted out. While Priyadarshan had directed Hera Pheri, Phir Hera Pheri was directed by Neeraj.

Says a source, “All issues including the ones Akshay had with the producer Firoz Nadiadwala have been sorted. Neeraj will focus on the screenplay and script while Ahmed is directing it. The film will roll from October this year. The script that was written around Abhishek and John earlier has also been drastically modified to suit Akshay, Sunil and Paresh. The film will begin from where PHP ended with Raju fleeing with the gun. Now Baburao and Ghyanshyam will be searching for him.”