The success of Fukrey Returns has motivated producer Ritesh Sidhwani to take the franchise forward.

Sidhwani said he and co-producer Farhan Akhtar would explore chances of a third part if a potential story would be “funnier” than the latest instalment.

Directed by Mrighdeep Singh Lamba, Fukrey Returns is a sequel to the 2013 sleeper hit, and stars Pulkit Samrat, Ali Fazal, Pankaj Tripathi and Richa Chadda among others.

“There is no discussion yet about the third part. But we would surely love to take the franchise ahead but it needs to be organic and honest. It has to come from the writer and the director, not us. Mrig (the director) should only make the film if there is a story and if he believes in taking it ahead. There was a hunger for Fukrey Returns, so we made it. The third part has to be bigger, better and funnier,” Sidhwani told PTI.

The producer said Excel Entertainment wants to reach out to the family audience through the “clean humour” of the franchise. “We don’t want humour (to get) in the way where one would feel it is not cool to see the film with parents, girlfriend or with children. I am glad the family audience loved the film,” he said.