Stree 2: Akshay Kumar Suggested Abhishek Banerjee Sit in His Lap in Viral Cameo, Says Amar Kaushik

One of the biggest surprises of Stree 2 was Akshay Kumar’s cameo in Stree 2. The actor was seen playing a pivotal role in the film and even setting up a possible future in the horror-comedy universe, backed by Dinesh Vijan. In a new interview, Stree 2 director Amar Kaushik revealed he offered Stree 2 to Akshay in a street in London while they were filming for Sky Force. Amar is the co-producer of the film.

Speaking with Connect Cine, Amar revealed that Akshay was on board the film as soon as he heard the cameo details. “Karunga beta, bilkul karunga,” he said before asking to share the dialogues. “Jaise hi unko dialogues bataye, he was like main pakka karta hoon beta, main pakka karta hoon,” he said.

He had a ball on the sets while filming the project and was open to doing multiple takes to experiment with the scene. He also spoke about Akshay and Abhishek’s bond while making the film. For the unversed, Akshay plays patient in a psychiatric hospital in Bhopal. He is shown as the person who has the key to take down Sarkate, the massive villain in the film.

When Akshay’s character meets Abhishek’s character, he thinks she is his long lost lover from a different lifetime. The latter pretends to be so in order to get out secrets about the film’s villain. Speaking about the scene, Amar said, “It was an improvised scene. Akshay sir suggested Abhishek sit in his lap. Earlier I was going to make him sit in the corner but Akshay sir suggested the change. Abhishek added the Covid line.” He said that while the script and dialogues were already funny, the cast elevated it to the next level.

While at first, it seemed like Akshay had a mere cameo in the film. However, the post-credits scenes reveal there is more to Akshay’s cameo than what meets the eye. The film sets him up as the new villain, seemingly a supervillain, who will return on a grander scale in an upcoming Maddock Supernatural Universe film. In the scene, Sarkate’s remains land on Akshay’s doorstep. When he opens it, the remains find their way into his body, hinting that he was Sarkate and he has a larger role to play in the future. It remains unclear which film he will return in and what kind of role he will play.