Varun to go sci-fi with Sriram Raghavan

Varun goes sci-fi

Sriram Raghavan is in talks with the actor for a hatke science fiction project

Nayandeep Rakshit

Varun Dhawan might have given five successive hits, but the biggest risk he's ever taken definitely has to be Badlapur. Tell director Sriram Raghavan that and he is all smiles.

"I never expected Varun to take up Badlapur. It's so different from how he is in real life. He approached me and told me he wants to do the film. Although I cast him, I feared that he might run away in a week," he laughs it off.

Adds Sriram, "I had three ideas that time. One of them was Badlapur. There was another film which I thought of approaching Varun for. But he wanted to do Badlapur only." Is that film being revisited? "Yes, but not with Varun. I haven't cast as yet. It will be a black comedy with a thriller element to it," he confirms.

He says he is in talks with Varun for another concept. "During our discussions, we realised that in Bollywood, there are many genres which have not been done the way they should have been done. One of them is sci-fi. We don't have great science fiction stories and I think today, with all the equipment available, one can attempt to make better sci-fi stories. That is what I have in mind for Varun."