TC: Alia and I have tuned singers to promote Humpty Sharma - Varun Dha

Last week Varun Dhawan's
promotional event with Alia Bhatt for
"Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania" in
Chandigarh turned out to be a
surprise for his fans. He sang live on
stage with rapper Badshah.
"Alia persuaded me to sing on stage.
We started singing at promotional
events in North India in Ludhiana,
Chandigarh and Delhi. Luckily for us,
the song Saturday, Saturday is
already doing very well," said Varun.
"For the first time in my life, I
performed a rap section with
Badshah on stage in Chandigarh
Sector 17 in front of 10,000 people. I
can't put the experience in words.
You see, Punjabi rap has become
really big with Yo Yo Honey Singh,
Gippy Grewal and Badshah. It's
trending. The rapper's role suits my
character Humpty, that's why I
agreed."
Directed by Shashank Khaitan and
produced by Karan Johar, Humpty
Sharma Ki Dulhania is scheduled for
July 11 release.
Three-film old Varun confesses this
was his way of making the
promotions unique.
"I had to make the promotions this
time completely different from what
I had done for my previous release
'Main Tera Hero'. I didn't want to
repeat myself. I wanted Alia and me
to find new ways of entertaining
people. So the USP that we thought
up this time was that we sing. Yeah,
Alia and I have tuned singers to
promote 'Humpty...," said the actor
who started his career in 2012 with
Student Of The Year.
Unlike Alia and Shraddha Kapoor,
who have sung professionally for
their films, Varun has no such plans
at the moment.
"Shraddha and Alia are doing some
great singing. I am not a trained
singer, or anything. But if I am
encouraged to hum or rap a few
lines, as I was in Chandigarh, I don't
mind singing. Haven't many of our
stars from - Bachchan Saab (Amitabh
Bachchan), to Salman Bhai (Salman
Khan) to Shah Rukh (Khan) and
Govinda sung for their films?"
(Source: IANS)