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'Welcome Back's Fate Makes Me Nervous For 'No Entry Mein Entry': Anees Bazmee

29 Aug 2025 · 41 min

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In an exclusive interview with Devansh Sharma, filmmaker Anees Bazmee talks about 20 years of No Entry, directing the long-awaited sequel No Entry Mein Entry, fate of Welcome Back, and why he's not directing Welcome to the Jungle and Hera Pheri 3. Edited and Mixed by Suresh Pawar

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Speaker 1:Welcome to another episode of Express Conversations, a podcast where eminent voices from the world of politics, governance, sports, business and arts talk to us about their life, work and issues that really matter. In this episode, we will hear from filmmaker Anispasmi. Our guest is in conversation with Devan Shehrma of The Indian Express. In this episode, an east Basmi talks about twenty years of No Entream, working on movies like Welcome Bulbulaya, directing the long awaited sequel No Entry May Dream. He also shares behind the scenes stories and the kind of relationship that he has shared over the years with actors like ajdevekan Anil Kapur and more.

Speaker 2:So, it's twenty years of No Entry.

Speaker 3:Yeah, and when I think of that film, I think about how much I had to hold my stomach because I was laughing throughout.

Speaker 2:And I was surprised to know in hindsight that it was your first comedy as a director.

Speaker 4:Yeah, So what kind of.

Speaker 2:A zone were you in when you started working on that film.

Speaker 5:I never taught anything about the owner because female I have written comedy, love story, drama, so before making Annoy Entry, but thirty five forty films, different different and he sorted emotional sh action, the comedy, the he love story really key sablica, but so.

Speaker 4:There was story listening.

Speaker 5:Story Normally I start subject the Camra started and who his other Constitution film.

Speaker 4:Maybe I see that. I was ready three four films.

Speaker 5:But after working for a month or two months, then I started enjoying this no entry and then I wrote the dire film and narrator to Borji and and they loved it.

Speaker 4:And we wanted a.

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Speaker 4:Because I was a little busy also that time and mean reason I'm sure you know the chief.

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Speaker 4:My father who name I can write?

Speaker 5:Then I was assistant with a lot of people and all right to memory, directors, permission.

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Speaker 5:To mirror writing to my assistant. I became a ghost writer many Coach family King film or the film. And I'm very very happy complaining boy, clear cut agreement. You will get the money, not name get fine. Whose time is use a picture? Mannesota, Mannesota, Manesota. Every thing planned your come around man. People are clapping also and laughing also. And to that conference, I can write. And then I got a chance to write Sork and who is Michi and maned to go from both who.

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Speaker 4:And I don't know. We could save definitely and they will love to work with me.

Speaker 2:Such a great comic actor. She is.

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