In his six-year-long career, Varun Dhawan has always maintained a non-confrontational personality, apart from landing into controversy just one time at an awards show for announcing "Nepotism rocks!" at the height of the debate around it in the industry. While he apologized for his statement later, we found him talking about nepotism once again during an interview with a leading magazine.
The son of celebrated filmmaker David Dhawan, Varun admitted that nepotism does exist in the Bollywood film fraternity and feels that it’s not good. He also talked about how people from outside the industry should be given a chance, claiming that his father came in that way.
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VD further added how it is easy for people to make assumptions, but rarely do they know about the struggle his father went through. "My dad was born in Agartala. When he lived in Bombay, he shared his house with four people. When I was born, my family lived in a 1BHK at Carter Road. My father’s first car was a taxi, a secondhand Ambassador that he painted into a normal car. His achievements are tremendous, (as are) the sacrifices he’s made to put the family on the map. He’s my star, my hero, my superhero," he told the magazine.
When asked if he will ever consider directing some day like his father, he quipped, "I don’t know about direction, but there’ll be something for sure," hinting at being open to creating a web series.
Varun is currently awaiting the release of Sharat Katariya's Sui Dhaaga: Made in India. The film, also starring Anushka Sharma, is slated to release on September 28.
