Arjun Kapoor says got ‘less work’ from Karan Johar’s Dharma Productions because Varun Dhawan made ‘a fool’ of him

Being childhood friends, Arjun Kapoor and Varun Dhawan share a strong bond. They even trained together under acting coach Saurabh Sachdeva at Barry John’s institute. Now, in a recent interview with Galatta India, Arjun opened up about a short film he made with Varun during that time, and admitted that he isn’t very proud of his work in it. He also joked that his subpar performance might have been a possible reason behind him getting ‘less work’ from Karan Johar’s Dharma Productions at one point in his career.

During the conversation, Arjun was asked about the time he and Varun were contemplating starting a production house together. He replied, “Varun basically made a fool of me. He told me that I have a good role in the seven-minute short film. We were taking Barry John’s acting classes at that time. He decided that he wanted to direct the final film. I was like, ‘Okay, how bad will he do’?” He continued, “He wrote the film and said, ‘You are the hero’. We started shooting and Varun was directing. When I saw the edit, I got to know that he was actually the hero and I was the villain in the film. He didn’t tell me all this and I got to know about it after completing the shoot.”

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He further added, “His dialogues are absolutely right in that film, ‘Vo dikhta hai innocent swaami type ka, but actually hai haraami type ka (He looks innocent, but is cunning)’. Watch it on YouTube, it’s one of the rare films in which Varun can be seen wearing a T-shirt. I am not telling you the name, because I am not very proud of it.”

Arjun also revealed that Varun even showed that short film to filmmaker Karan Johar. “He showed that to him, can you imagine? I feel that’s the reason I got less work from Dharma at one point,” he said with a laugh.

For reference, here’s the short film Arjun is talking about:

On the work front, Arjun Kapoor was last seen in Rohit Shetty’s Singham Again. The action thriller, also starring Ajay Devgn, Deepika Padukone, Akshay Kumar, Ranveer Singh, Kareena Kapoor Khan and Tiger Shroff, was a moderate box office success. He will also star in the film Mere Husband Ki Biwi, alongside Rakul Preet Singh and Bhumi Pednekar.