De Dana Dan. This film is mostly inspired by the American Comedy Screwed released in 2000. The film has a huge star cast which includes Akshay Kumar, Sunil Shetty Katrina Kaif, Paresh Rawal, Neha Dhupia and Sameera Reddy. A major part of the film was shot in Singapore. An article in Slate Magazine describes the shooting of a flood scene in Goregaon studios with locally hired white people. The film was released on 27 November 2009. The film reunites the trio of Akshay Kumar, Sunil Shetty and Paresh Rawal with Priyadarshan, who directed them in the first Hera Pheri film. This is the first time the trio has acted together since 2006's Phir Hera Pheri, although Rawal and Shetty appeared in Priyadarshan's Chup Chup Ke and Hulchul.