I would love to visit Pakistan one day: Varun Dhawan

The actor in fact even had a brush with a Pakistan gentleman while shooting for Dishoom in the Middle East.

Varun Dhawan is all for peace and normalcy returning back between India and Pakistan. The actor in fact even had a brush with a Pakistan gentleman while shooting for Dishoom in the Middle East. A senior gent from Islamabad used to drive Varun around the Gulf city and the actor ended up forming a close bond with the Pakistani.

Said Varun, “For the 55 to 60 days that I was in Abu Dhabi, I was chilling with my driver there who was from Islamabad. He was 65-year-old and I formed a special bond with him. Whenever I used to ask him about both India and Pakistan, he used to say aisa koi masla nahi hai. He used to say, ‘Aap bata do kidhar jaana hai. Aapko chicken khaana hai then let’s go here and he would take me to the best eateries. He would also pick music of Nustrat Fateh Ali Khan and Chitti Aayi Hai of Pankaj Udhas for me. I got lot of inspiration from him. I had to speak Arabic in the film and I had a coach with whom I trained. But eventually I gave my lines to my driver and told him, ‘aap bolo kaise bolna hai’.”

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Varun also spent a lot of time discussing films with the Pakistani man. “Hindi films are loved in Pakistan and he told me that they watch all our movies and hoped that I would visit Pakistan someday. I told him that I would definitely like to come. Just recently our Prime Minister too visited Pakistan. So if things become better one day, I would love to go and visit Pakistan,” said Varun.