There are a lot of expectations over Producer Ekta Kapoor's upcoming movie Once Upon a Time in Mumbai Dobaara, that features Akshay Kumar, Sonakshi Sinha and Imran Khan in the leads. The movie is the sequel of OUATIM, that featured Ajay Devgn and Emraan Hashmi in the leads and was a major hit. Reportedly, the sequel will be having Emraan and Devgn's special mention in the opening credits. According to a leading daily, Ekta Kapoor being a superstitious person, feels that Ajay Devgn and Emraan Hashmi are her lucky mascots, since their original flick "had raked in impressive moolah." Though Devgn and Hashmi will not be acting in Once Upon a Time in Mumbai Dobaara, their names will be featuring in it.

The daily also reports that the makers of OUATIM 2 have planned to include a special 60-second video of footage from the original film featuring Emraan and Ajay in the sequel. Confirming this piece of report, Tanuj Garg, CEO of the production house told the daily that "decided to give a special thank you mention to Ajay and Emraan as they are an integral part of the franchise." Directed by Milan Luthria, OUATIM 2 will be releasing on 15 August 2013.