Varun : Kangy and Dippy inspired me to do badlapur

Kangna Ranaut and Deepika Padukone inspired me to do badlapur, says Varun Dhawan

The actor talks about picking roles that are different and why he chooses to go against the grain

That Varun Dhawan is a versatile and talented actor is no news to anyone. The actor went from a chocolate hero in Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania to a grey character in Badlapurovernight. And more importantly convinced people of his characters equally well. But what inspires him to hop from rom-coms to dark dramas to dance films? Well...

In a recent conversation, when asked why he choseABCD 2despite the fact that ABCD was not a huge franchise, the actor said, "Because I saw something in the first one. I saw a lot of honesty and a lot of heart in it, and also it was something different. Also, with Badlapur, I felt that the film was part of a change and I said I want to be part of this. (Laughs) I don't want to give all the reasons because I don't want the other people to read and then start using them and doing these kind of films. No, but seriously, I feel honestly the mindset of the audience at large is changing and by that I don't mean they don't want to see a typical Hindi film, they obviously want to see that but there is a certain evolution that needs to happen in cinema which they want to see slowly."

He further added, "Badlapur was totally like almost tearing the envelope, not even pushing it. But they accepted it which was a big shock to everyone. Then we saw a Haider running with a crazy theme in that. So time and again you get these films which run, that just shows that there is a section of the audience who wants to see films like that. You see a Queen, you see a Pikuand I feel women are leading this change actually. Women are totally leading this change and they are the ones who are inspiring me to pick up films like that."

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