Arshad Warsi (the "Circuit" to Munnabhai), in a recent interview, dismissed the speculation that he wasn't offered the role of Jolly in Jolly LLB 2 because Akshay Kumar was bigger than he, by saying that with a celebrity like the latter, the movie would look larger than before.
And the humble Warsi is right. Even though he, too, could have excelled in Jolly's role as he did in the original film, it was a wise decision to employ Akshay Kumar as his powerful emoting and star power make this edition one of the most tragic yet funny courtroom dramas Bollywood has seen in recent time....