Varun Dhawan: From a ‘Student’ to a dad in ‘Badlapur’

A movie like 'Badlapur' in such an early phase of his life was no less than a risk for Varun Dhawan.

The second released poster of the movie shows Varun and Nawazuddin Siddiqui across the battle line.

The ‘Student’ has now graduated and matured into an adult and is all ready to take risks in life. And rightly so, a movie like ‘Badlapur’ in such an early phase of his life was no less than a risk for Varun Dhawan especially when there were people discouraging him to take up the project. “You’ll be over,” they said, while others rued that one of his biggest fanbases – the children – might be lost. But he signed the second movie he got right after ‘Student of the Year’ nevertheless.

In an interview to Mumbai Mirror, Varun recalls how terrified he was when Sriram Raghavan, the director of the movie, narrated to him the whole script. The only question he asked the director was, “Why me?” Sriram retorted, “Because you have innocent eyes, something my character needs.” And he signed the movie.

“I can’t go into the specifics, but my character in the revenge drama is a guy working in an ad agency who starts a family. You will see me as a father on the screen for the first time,” Varun adds. He also revealed how he ages from an 18 year old to a 40 year old in the movie and that he will be for the first time shown playing a father in a movie.

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But the experince of shooting ‘Badlapur’ wasn’t all that hunky dory for him as he lost quite a few friends in the process, because he was looking at life from a different perspective of a wronged man. “It drained me. I had slipped into depression as after a point it no longer felt like I was acting in a film. The experience was that terrifying,” Varun admits.

But we guess, the result of it all is surely a winner as the posters of the movie look promising. The first poster had a rough, fierce and fiery Varun and he quite nailed the look.

Also read – Varun Dhawan is fierce, fiery and forceful in ‘Badlapur’ first look

The second released poster of the movie shows Varun and Nawazuddin Siddiqui across the battle line.

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The revenge drama, which also features Huma Qureshi and Yami Gautam, does look promising with Varun Dhawan taking up a new avatar. It remains to be seen how it and Varun fare at the Box Office.

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