Varun Dhawan was in his element as he attended the press conference of the 69th Filmfare Awards 2024 in Mumbai on January 15 along with Karan Johar and Janhvi Kapoor. Varun began his speech by talking about his first-ever visit to a Filmfare award ceremony.
Varun said, “I came on Aprita Khan Sharma’s ticket as Salman bhai (Salman Khan) was performing. It was a last-minute decision.”
He talked highly of Karan Johar as he remarked, “When you think of hosting a Filmfare award, you have had Mr Shah Rukh Khan and Mr Saif Ali Khan who have done a wonderful job and the same applies to Karan Johar. In the last couple of years, he hadn’t hosted. So, it’ll be great to see him back on the stage in Gujarat. Some censorship rules will be placed!”
He continued, “Karan is a great host and a great dost. If he doesn’t like you, he’ll be a great ghost as well, as in, he’ll ghost you! I think, just seeing him on stage will make this edition the most entertaining Filmfare award in a decade.”
Varun Dhawan then began talking about performing for the first time, in 2013, a few months after his debut film Student Of The Year (2012) was released. Directed by Karan Johar, it also launched the acting careers of Alia Bhatt and Sidharth Malhotra. Interestingly, it was Ayushmann Khurrana who won the award that year for Vicky Donor (2012).
On this KJo quipped, “That year, all three – Varun, Sid and Alia – who debuted. And none of them won the debut award (laughs)!” Varun added, “Ayushmann won and he deserved it. I was just excited as I got to perform that year.”
Varun Dhawan then said of a goof-up that happened during his performance and how he was intimated to perform in front …read more
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