IIFA 2018: Varun Dhawan takes a jibe at Kartik Aaryan with '100-crore hero' comment

Even the most successful of stars give way to envy when it comes to their competitors.

So it wasn’t really a big surprise when during the opening ceremony of the current International Indian Film Academy awards (IIFA) in Bangkok, Varun Dhawan, who currently rules the charts, took a jibe at his junior Kartik Aaryan on stage, calling out to Kartik as the ‘new star, the 100-crore hero’.

An actor present at the event says, “Outwardly Varun was being appreciative. But one could sense the stinging jibe at the rising star.”

Varun has had several 100-crore hits to his credit. To make a reference to Kartik’s first 100-crore film Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety was uncalled-for.

“It was almost like pointing out that the junior actor has a long way to go,” says an actor who was present there.