Riteish on Tuesday took to Twitter and shared a photograph of the film's clapboard. He wrote: "And the madness begins. 'Total Dhamaal'. Will miss working with my dear friend Ashish Chowdhry."
Ashish replied: "No co-actor and specially, no friend like you... And of course no madness like we've have in 'Dhamaal'. Go hit this one out the park once again Riteish."
Ashish was a part of the previous two installments of "Dhamaal".
"Total Dhamaal" is the third film in the comedy entertainer franchise "Dhamaal". The second film was "Double Dhamaal".
Slated to release on December 7, "Total Dhamaal" also stars Ajay Devgn, Madhuri Dixit, Anil Kapoor, Arshad and Jaaved. The film will be jointly produced by Kumar along with Ashok Thakeria and Ajay.