Varun Dhawan remembers ‘memories’ with Sidharth Shukla on 8 years of Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania

Varun Dhawan and Alia Bhatt made a smashing debut in Hindi films with Student Of The Year a decade ago. After that, they made their next appearance together in the 2014 release Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania and instantly became a fan-favourite couple. The duo enjoys a fandom that a very few on screen couples get to experience, and today marks eight years of that iconic team up.

 

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Not just for Varun Dhawan and Alia, but the film marked a major milestone for director Shashank Khaitan and the late actor Sidharth Shukla as well who made their respective debuts with the film. Today, as the film turned eight, Varun Dhawan took to his Instagram stories to share an adorable picture from the film’s promotions that features him with Alia Bhatt and Sidharth Shukla. Along with the picture, he wrote, “8 years of Humpty Sharma Ko dhulani some great memories with amazing people (sic)”.

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The romcom showed Alia as Kavya, a girl from Patiala whose wedding has been fixed by her father to a NRI played by Sidharth. As she travels to Delhi to buy her dream wedding lehenga, she encounter Varun’s Humpty and falls in love with him. How the two convince her family for their union made for a sweet and relatable story that just made its way to everyone’s heart.

 

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Not just Varun, even Shashank remembered the film fondly today as he shared a picture with the team writing, “8 years of Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania… So much gratitude… Miss you Sid, still cannot believe you are not with us… Karan my friend/father/guide… love you to mars and back… Apoorva for always showering me with your love and trust. VD and Alia… my darlings… the best actors and friends a Debut director could have asked for… (sic)”. 

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Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania has become more and more renowned with the passing time and it established Varun and Alia as an on screen power couple. Even on her recent appearance on Koffee With Karan 7, Alia acknowledged the fandom, admitting that she indeed makes the best on screen pair with Varun. The film had a successful sequel with Badrinath Ki Dulhania and fans of the franchise have just been waiting for the third instalment to come soon.

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