Feroz Khan, Anil Kapoor, Nana Patekar, Akshay Kumar, Katrina Kaif, Paresh Rawal,and Mallika Sherawat, with Suniel Shetty making a guest appearance and Malaika Arora featuring in an item number. Narrated by Om Puri, "Welcome" marks Feroz Khan's last film appearance, and is produced by Firoz Nadiadwala. The second highest-grossing Hindi film of 2007 after "Om Shanti Om", it was the first installment of the "Welcome" franchise, and spawned a sequel named "Welcome Back" which released in 2015. The film was made on a reported budget of 40 crore and grossed over 122 crore at the worldwide box office; Box Office India declared it a "super hit". The film is loosely based on the 1999 comedy "Mickey Blue Eyes".