Varun Dhawan starrer ‘Main Tera Hero’ clocks seven years; says he was ‘nervous as hell’ before its release
Actor Varun Dhawan celebrated seven years of his comedy drama film ‘Main Tera Hero’ on social media on Sunday. In his post, he said that he was nervous before the release of the film which was directed by his filmmaker father David Dhawan.
Varun shared a series of BTS pictures to Instagram as he celebrated the seven years landmark of the movie release. The actor shared memories in the form of pictures from his father David Dhawan directorial that also featured Ileana D’Cruz, Nargis Fakhri, and Anupam Kher in lead roles.
The first snap shared by Varun sees him flaunting his chiselled abs while Nargis and Ileana stand astounded on both his sides.
Taking it to the captions, the 33-year-old actor reminisced how tensed he was for the release of his second movie and wrote, “MAIN TERA HERO 7 years ago I was nervous as hell before the release of this film. I remember my numerous phone calls with @ektarkapoor who would give me a pep talk every day.”
He further continued to praise his co-actors in the movie and said, “I had great co-actors like @ileana_official and @nargisfakhri making me feel like a hero and an amazing cast @sufisoul @anupampkher @rajpalofficial #saurabshukla #manojpawa helping me grow. Was such an honour to be directed by my father David Dhawan in my 2nd film.”
Not only his team co-actors, directors and producers; Varun also wrote an appreciation note to acknowledge his crew members including the costume designers.
“Above all audience ka pyaaar was the biggest boost a newcomer like me needed,” he concluded.
Produced by Shobha Kapoor and Ekta Kapoor under the banner Balaji Motion Pictures, ‘Mai Tera Hero’ features Varun Dhawan as Seenu, Ileana D’Cruz as Sunaina Goradia and Nargis Fakhri as Ayesha Singhal.
The David Dhawan directorial big-budget movie revolves around the story of Seenu and Sunaina who fall in love with each other when he saves her from a corrupt policeman who wishes to marry her. Meanwhile, Ayesha, a rich girl Seenu meets on a train journey, also falls in love and offers to marry him.
‘Main Tera Hero’ which released in 2014 was a remake of the 2011 Telugu film ‘Kandireega’ and marked Varun Dhawan’s second movie in Bollywood after his blockbuster debut film ‘Student Of The Year’ with Alia Bhatt and Sidharth Malhotra.
On the work front, Varun would be seen in the film Dharma Productions upcoming film ‘Jug Jugg Jeeyo’. He will share the screen with actors Anil Kapoor, Neetu Kapoor and Kiara Advani.
The actor was also recently shooting in Arunachal Pradesh for the supernatural thriller ‘Bhediya’. The film is directed by Amar Kaushik and it also stars Kriti Sanon and Deepak Dobriyal. ‘Bhediya’ is slated to hit the screens on April 14, 2022.
