Varun Dhawan on how dad David matched swag with Salman Khan amid drinking sessions

“The first time I worked with him was on Judwaa (1997). He was doing two roles,” recalled David. “It feels like he’s disinterested, but that’s a misconception. A lot of times, I told Sajid (Nadiadwala, producer), ‘How does he work, yaar!,'” added David. But his relationship with Salman turned better as gradually, he became like family. “He’d drink with us every night. Sometimes, I’d wake him up, take out his clothes to wear, and take him to set. My relationship was like that,” said David, who also directed two hit films for Salman’s younger brother Sohail Khan’s production house — Partner (2007) and Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya (2005), both starring Salman.

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Salman also did a cameo in David’s 2017 comedy Judwaa 2, a reboot of their hit movie, starring Varun. Varun, who recreated Salman’s popular songs “Tan Tana Tan Tan” and “Oonchi Hai Building”, is now all set to recreate another, “Chunari Chunari” from David’s 1999 romantic comedy Biwi No 1 for Hai Jawani Toh Ishq Hona Hai. Backed by Tips Industries Limited, the film boasts of an ensemble cast including Mrunal Thakur, Pooja Hegde, Mouni Roy, Chunky Panday, Maniesh Paul, Rakesh Bedi, Jimmy Shergill, and Ali Asgar.