“Worked with ‘late’ Rishi-Sir in ‘SOTY’, in ‘Jug Jugg Jeeyo’ Neetu Kapoor-jee plays my mother—feel so blessed , “shares Varun Dhawan

Versatile star super-actor-dancer Varun Dhawan seemed euphoric with delight as he spoke about his latest classy, engaging family entertainer ‘JugJugg Jeeyo’ , ( releasing on June 24th) directed by Raj Mehta - by Chaitanya Padukone

That’s because a confident co-producer ‘showman’ Karan Johar apparently told him that “June 26th would possibly be a “big Sunday’” in terms of high box-office collections.

The ensemble cast of this movie includes Anil Kapoor, Neetu Kapoor, Varun Dhawan opposite hottie ‘hit-girl’ Kiara Advani, Manish Paul , Prajakta Koli and Tisca Chopra. .

Shared Varun, “ Besides my amazing role, this movie ‘Jug Jugg Jeeyo’ has a huge sentimental value for me, In my debut film ‘Student of the Year’( 2012) I had the honour of working with (‘late’) legendary Rishi Kapoor-Sir .

Ten years later, I am playing the son of his wife Neetu Kapoor-jee. Such a blessing for me to share screen-space with both of them , although separately.” How was his experience working with Neetu-jee. “ Simply amazing. Although she was initially saying, “ I guess I am nervous’ but being a seasoned actress, she confidently faced the movie-camera just as a fish swims in the waters.

On the sets, she was apparently feeling the absence of ‘late’ Rishi-Sir who generally would be her co-star in their recent films together. She used to share with us, interesting nostalgia-stories about her bonding with Rishi-Sir.

Besides excelling in the situational comedy scenes Neetu-jee is mind-blowing in one of the emotionally-intense monologue scenes which she has with Kiara Advani ( who plays my wife).

We were all in tears after that classic shot,” recalls Varun whose character ‘Kukoo’, ( like Anil Kapoor’s character ‘Bheem’ ) also faces a marital crisis and a divorce situation in the dramatic-comedy movie.

Incidentally, both Varun and Neetu have fully recovered from a severe bout of Covid-19 sickness in the past.

In real-life, Varun who is one of those rare loyal-commitment alliances, where a handsome talented hero-material boy (Varun, that is) who is dating and courting a girl for over 20 years eventually marries the same girl( noted fashion-designer Natasha Dalal) !

Even after becoming a top celeb film-star. Advises Varun, Always try to share your top secrets with your life-partner, who should be more like your best friend.

Never take your wife or husband for granted, plus there should be mutual trust and attachment all the time, “ is the mantra-solution offered by the ‘Judwaa-2’ hero to retain the marriage-bonding between two partners for a life-time.

Just two days day ago, Varun was under sudden stress because he had to attend to his father veteran director-editor David Dhawan who was reportedly emergency-hospitalized as his health had worsened due to advanced diabetes parameters-levels. We at bollyy.com and Mayapuri wish David-jee a speedy recovery.