Bollywood’s muscle hunk Varun Dhawan plays the lead in Raj and DK’s spy thriller ‘Citadel: Honey Bunny’ alongside Samantha Ruth Prabhu. Writer Sita Menon tells Mid-day that Varun keeps referencing 90s superstar Govinda a lot when he talks. For those unversed, Varun’s father and ace filmmaker David Dhawan has directed Govinda in several films like ‘Coolie No.
1’, ‘Bade Miyan Chote Miyan’, and ‘Partner’ to name a few. Varun Dhawan called up Raj and DK for a role DK recalls personally calling him up, soon after ‘The Family Man’ season 2: “He said, ‘Listen, if you guys are doing anything else, let me know. Especially, if you’re doing anything in action.
’ We were actually developing Citadel. We didn’t have anybody in mind. So, it wasn’t much of a pitch.
I said, ‘We’re doing Citadel.’ And Varun said, ‘Sure, I’m on.’” Is Varun Dhawan similar to Govinda on sets? Just like that, Varun got on board his web series debut.
For some reason, we tell Raj & DK, that Varun usually reminds us of Govinda, through his goofy, genial presence onscreen, otherwise. This reference is apt for the two directors because they’re among the few from the current lot, who’ve actually worked with the Govinda. That was in Raj & DK’s Happy Ending (2014), a decade ago.
Is Varun anything like Govinda on the set too? Raj says, “We sought out Govinda to play himself [in Happy Ending]. You’re making that [Varun-Govinda] connection; we didn’t! Varun, we r.