Melting away his chocolate boy image may have been hard for actor Varun Dhawan when he first started filming 'Badlapur', but it sure looks like that phase is long gone. Photo: Viral Bhayani
Directed by Sriram Raghavan, 'Badlapur' also stars Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Yami Gautam and Huma Qureshi.
Many of Varun's kiddie fans may not get a chance to see the film after it received an 'A' rating by the censor board. The makers of the film were more than willing to accept this rating, as they weren't too keen on cutting off the gruesome scenes in
Varun has even earned a lot of praise from his fellow Bollywood stars, one in particular being Salman Khan, who took to his social networking site to praise the star for taking on this new 'bad' role.
The film is Varun's lowest budget film of just Rs.25 crore. However, with a little help from the media, this film is believed to be one of the highly anticipated films to hit theatres this February.
In an interview with the media, he admitted that he was surprised with all the attention he has received since the release of the film's trailer and song sequences.
Varun has been out and about the city and country promoting his film and attracting many young fans. This is the first time we will see the star dig into his murderous side in this dark thriller.
Our cameras caught the actor sporting his rugged look for a promotional shoot for the film, that is all set to hit theatres next week.
Varun Dhawan slips back into character for 'Badlapur' promos