India, March 23 -- Trouble continues to brew around Akshay Kumar, Paresh Rawal, and Suniel Shetty's much-awaited Hera Pheri 3. The film has now found itself at the centre of a legal tussle, with a South-based producer locking horns with Firoz Nadiadwala over the franchise's copyright ownership.

Amid the ongoing dispute, Vijay Kumar, who is contesting Nadiadwala's claim to the rights, has now claimed that the producer is deliberately attempting to "delay legal proceedings".

Recently, in an interview with Pinkvilla, Vijay Kumar, who is fighting a battle against Firoz Nadiadwala to claim ownership of the Hera Pheri franchise, opened up about the legal battle, claiming that Nadiadwala is just delaying the whole process.

"We have the total ...