Actor
Varun
Dhawan
says
he
is
not
working
on
Sriram
Raghavan's
biopic
on
Arun
Khetrapal,
the
youngest
Param
Vir
Chakra
recipient,
but
hopes
the
director
makes
the
film
someday
with
a
new
actor.
The
project,
backed
by
Dinesh
Vijan,
was
announced
in
2019.
The
film,
however,
got
pushed
due
to
the
coronavirus
pandemic.
Ahead
of
the
release
of
his
latest
Jug
Jugg
Jeeyo,
Dhawan
told
PTI
that
the
production
of
the
biopic
faced
repeated
delays.
"Every
time
we
tried
to
start
the
film,
we
got
hit
by
a
wave.
I
was
dying
to
that
film
but
I
don't
think
I
can
do
it
anymore
because
too
many
things
have
come
up.
Sriram
also
went
to
his
other
film.
It
was
just
impossible
to
shoot
the
film
in
the
pandemic
with
those
many
people
staging
it," the
35-year-old
actor
said.
The
film
would
have
marked
the
second
collaboration
between
the
actor
and
the
director
after
their
2015
hit
Badlapur.
Dhawan
began
the
Dharma
Productions'
multi-starrer
comedy
drama
Jug
Jugg
Jeeyo
in
December
2020,
Raghavan
moved
on
to
helm
Merry
Christmas,
featuring
Katrina
Kaif
and
Vijay
Sethupathi.
The
actor
said
another
reason
why
he
won't
be
able
to
be
a
part
of
the
biopic
was
that
the
role
required
him
to
play
a
21-year-old,
which
he
isn't
sure
about
now.
"Now
that
things
have
calmed
down,
I
keep
urging
Sriram.
I've
begged
him
that
he
should
make
it
with
someone
else.
I
might
play
some
other
part
in
it
if
I
have
to.
My
thing
is,
how
do
I
play
a
21-year-old
now?
"I'm
conscious
about
that.
I
don't
feel
convinced.
Sriram
and
I
share
an
honest
relationship
with
each
other.
But
I'll
still
try
to
convince
Sriram
to
make
it
because
it's
a
story
that
needs
to
be
told," he
added.
Directed
by
Good
Newzz
fame
helmer
Raj
Mehta,
Jug
Jugg
Jeeyo
also
stars
Kiara
Advani,
Anil
Kapoor,
Neetu
Singh
Kapoor,
Manish
Paul
and
Prajakta
Koli.
The
film
is
scheduled
for
a
theatrical
release
on
June
24.