Varun Dhawan does not want to be a media-made star

Six films down the line, Varun Dhawan can probably call himself a versatile actor now. Humour, action, love stories – Varun has tried his hands on various genres and it won’t be wrong to say that he has handled them with pretty much ease. The actor is now busy promoting his upcoming release ‘Dishoom’ alongside John Abraham. In a conversation with TOI, Varun was asked if he likes to call himself a star. Here’s what he answered!

“I believe that the audience makes you a star. I always want to be a people’s actor. I don’t want to be media-made star. Or a star where I am sitting around people who are flattering me. I don’t believe in that. Even if people are pampering you, it has to come out of love and respect which you have to command. You can’t demand it. I don’t want to play games to strategise my position as a star,” the ‘Main Tera Hero’ actor said.

“If people want to like me, they will, and I should be able to stand out regardless. If I am good I will connect with the audience regardless of the length of my role. You can’t tell bigger stories, better stories if you don’t work with different people. At the end of it, people need to accept you, and they have to be happy watching you. We actors are here to entertain people, and not just make ourselves happy. Well, at least I am not in this just to make myself happy and be a star. Even if a film has done well, I feel bad when someone says that they didn’t enjoy some parts of it,” he added.

Million dollar words. There’s no short cut to stardom until your viewers have really accepted you with wide open hearts.

Wish you all  the luck, Varun.

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Ranjini Maitra

Journalist. Writer. Reader. Enthu cutlet. Mood-swing machine. Day dreamer. Sandwiched between ‘live life fully’ and ‘lose some weight’. Mantra of life: Love and love more.