Young
actor
Varun
Dhawan,
whose
latest
Bollywood
release
Humpty
Sharma
Ki
Dulhania
is
entertaining
movie-goers,
says
his
aim
as
an
actor
is
to
leave
viewers
"happy" after
they
watch
his
films.
From
Student
Of
The
Year
To
Humpty
Sharma
Ki
Dulhania,
the
actor
has
worked
with
three
different
directors,
and
managed
to
carry
out
varied
roles
with
ease.
In
an
interview,
Varun
speaks
about
his
challenges,
his
camaraderie
with
his
co-star
Alia
Bhatt
and
his
future
projects.
Excerpts
from
the
interview:
Q.
How
different
was
the
experience
of
working
with
Alia
Bhatt
in
Humpty
Sharma
Ki
Dulhania
as
compared
to
the
experience
of
working
with
her
in
your
first
film
Student
Of
The
Year?
A.
Oh,
very
different!
I
actually
had
to
change
my
acting
style
completely
and
unlearn
a
lot
of
things
that
I
had
applied
to
my
characters
earlier
on.
Both
of
us
influenced
each
other's
performances
to
a
large
extent.
In
"Humpty...",
she
plays
a
character
who's
a
lot
like
me.
Q.
How
is
her
character
like
you?
A.
I'm
charged
up
and
aggressive
and
a
bundle
of
energy.
I
play
a
character
who
is
sensitive
and
restrained
like
her.
So
in
that
sense
we
swapped
characters.
And
that
could
only
happen
because
we
both
knew
one
another
so
well.
Q.
You
seem
to
share
a
great
comfort
level
with
one
another!
A.
I
am
very
comfortable
with
Alia.
And
I
know
she's
comfortable
with
me.
We
understand
each
other
so
well
that
we
forget
when
the
camera
is
rolling.
Alia
has
a
terrific
memory
and
she's
brilliant
with
her
lines,
whereas
I
like
to
improvise
a
lot.
By
the
time
we
reached
the
end
of
shooting
for
Humpty...,
Alia
was
improvising
like
me.
Q.
Was
it
tougher
shooting
for
Humpty
Sharma..." than
Main
Tera
Hero?
To
be
very
honest,
I
worked
harder
on
Humpty....
I
did
many
workshops.
I
never
did
workshops
in
Main
Tera
Hero.
There
was
a
lot
more
improvisation
in
my
dad's
film.
Shashank
Khaitan
the
director
of
Humpty...
is
a
different
school.
Shashank
controlled
my
expressions.
I
normally
do
a
half-smile
on
camera.
He
showed
me
how
to
smile
fully.
I
also
delivered
my
lines
slower,
much
slower.
Q.
So
Shashank
is
a
different
school?
A.
Because
he
comes
from
a
theatre
background
and
has
been
a
student
of
Naseer
sir(Naseeruddin
Shah),
he
has
an
authentic
approach
to
acting.
It
was
an
enriching
experience.
Shashank
would
give
me
four
takes.
The
first
two
takes
would
be
the
way
Shashank
wanted
me
to
do
a
scene.
Invariably,
his
interpretation
was
correct.
It
took
me
a
while
to
understand
his
method
of
working.
But
I
learnt
a
lot
from
me.
Q.
You
had
three
very
different
directors
in
your
first
three
films!
A.
Yes,
Karan
Johar,
my
father
(David
Dhawan)
and
now
Shashank.
They
are
all
entertainers.
But
different
kinds
of
entertainers.
I
want
everyone
to
go
back
home
feeling
happy
after
watching
all
my
films.
Q.
Even
Sriram
Raghavan's
film
Badlapur
(said
to
be
a
revenge
drama)?
A.
Yes,
it
could
make
the
audience
of
a
particular
kind
of
cinema,
smile.
Sriram's
film
has
taken
its
toll
on
me.
And
it
showed
during
my
promotions
of
Humpty....
A
lot
of
people
wanted
to
know
why
I
was
looking
depressed.
Even
Humpty...
is
not
a
comedy.
It's
a
love
story.
But
there's
no
melodrama.
Even
when
my
character
is
sad,
he
wipes
his
tears
and
moves
on.
That's
how
life
is.
Q.
There
was
news
of
a
home
production
directed
by
your
brother
Rohit
and
produced
by
your
dad?
A.
Hopefully
we'll
do
a
film
together
in
the
future.
But
nothing
right
now.