The next action hero

During the trailer launch of director duo Raj-DK’s new web series, Citadel: Honey Bunny, for Prime Video yesterday, Varun Dhawan revealed pursuing Aditya Chopra to make an action flick with him. Recalling Aditya’s hesitation, the actor said, “He was like, ‘I want to give you acting roles, not action. You’re not at a place where I can give you such a big budget’.” Not one to give up, he probed the YRF head honcho for the budget. Varun further shared, “When this [Citadel] opportunity came, I asked Raj-DK and Amazon, ‘What is the budget?’ because I’m getting this knowledge from Aditya Chopra that you need this much budget to make something look good in action.” Expressing his gratitude to the director duo and the international streaming giant for allocating the budget to mount an action thriller on a big scale and giving them this platform, the actor said, “Because that is needed sometimes to make something look big, to make actors look larger than life.” Hoping that the film industry takes notice of his action in the upcoming thriller series, Varun shared that he feels right now only south Indian makers are giving him great opportunities in action. He added, “I started working with Raj-DK, and Samantha, and next, I’m working with Atlee and Keerthy [Suresh]. That should lead the way for others in our industry to give me action roles.” 

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