Big, ensemble casts used to dominate Hindi films in the 90s and early 2000s, with big stars joining in the trend, and they are having a resurgence now as many big ticket releases are boasting of big ensemble casts.
The third instalment in the Welcome franchise, Welcome To The Jungle, boasts an ensemble cast of 34 actors, including Akshay Kumar, Suniel Shetty, Paresh Rawal, Arshad Warsi, Jackie Shroff, Raveena Tandon, Lara Dutta, Jacqueline Fernandez, Disha Patani, among others.
The 2007 film Dhamaal emerged a surprise success, and since then two more films in the franchise have made their way on the big screen. Now, the fourth part in the series is up for release on July 10, with Indra Kumar returning as the director.
Rohit Shetty is finally set to bring the fifth instalment of the Golmaal franchise headed by Ajay Devgn, Tusshar Kapoor, Kunal Kemmu, Shreyas Talpade and Arshad Warsi, with Sharman Joshi making his return after the first film.
Shah Rukh Khan returns to the big screen on Christmas this year with King, marking his daughter Suhana Khan’s big screen debut, and the Siddharth Anand directorial features many more big names including Rani Mukerji, Deepika Padukone, Abhishek Bachchan, Jaideep Ahlawat, Anil Kapoor, Jackie Shroff, Arshad Warsi, Raghav Juyal and Abhay Verma.
The team of Mirzapur is set to now arrive on the big screen with its big ensemble cast featuring Pankaj Tripathi, Ali Fazal, Divyenndu, Jitendra Kumar, Ravi Kishan, Abhishek Banerjee, Rasika Dugal, Shweta Tripathi, Shriya Pilgaonkar, Harshita Gaur, among others.
