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- “Write how many imaginary stories about me,” said Varun
- “But don’t invent anything about my father,” he added
- Varun rejected an article about his father
New Delhi:
Varun Dhawan, in a tweet on Wednesday, dismissed a report that his father David Dhawan was working on a remake of Amitabh Bachchan. Namak Halaal. The report, released by entertainment website Box Office Worldwide, said the supposed remake was to play Varun Dhawan. Sharing the Box Office Worldwide tweet, Varun Dhawan called up the website and wrote, “Guys, you can write the number of imaginary stories about me, but don’t make things up about my dad.” Varun criticized the article with these words: “It’s a completely fabricated story.” Referring to his next film Coolie No 1, Varun wrote: “I’ll see you at Christmas to make you laugh.” The Box Office Worldwide story and tweet appear to have been deleted.
Read Varun Dhawan’s tweet here:
Guys, you can write how many has ever made up belief stories about me, but don’t make things up about my dad. It’s a completely fabricated story that will see you Christmas 🎄 to make you laugh. https://t.co/8u1FBd2DMr
– VarunDhawan (@Varun_dvn) October 21, 2020
Earlier this month, Varun Dhawan shared a similar tweet, calling Bollywood Hungama and clarify all is well between him and his father. “Maybe until I don’t give you an interview, you shouldn’t write on my behalf sir,” Varun tweeted for an article titled “Divided Wide Open.”
Maybe as long as I don’t give you an interview, you shouldn’t write on my behalf sir https://t.co/vJYLdyge83
– VarunDhawan (@Varun_dvn) October 7, 2020
A few days after this tweet, the manufacturers announced that the much delayed Coolie No 1 has targeted Christmas as a release date and Amazon Prime Video as a platform. Coolie No 1 is one of nine films slated for release this year on the OTT platform.
BIGGG NEWS … #Amazon to present * 9 * films in the coming days … Includes * 3 * #Hindi movies:
⭐ # CoolieNo1 [[[[#VarunDhawan, #SaraAliKhan]: Arrives on Dec 25, 2020 # Christmas2020
⭐ #Chhalaang [[[[#RajkummarRao, #NushrattBharuccha]: November 13, 2020
⭐ #Durgavati [[[[#BhumiPednekar]: 11 Dec 2020 pic.twitter.com/3Px4jkYSRo– taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) October 9, 2020
Varun Dhawan co-stars with Sara Ali Khan in Coolie No 1, which is David Dhawan’s remake of his 1995 film. While Varun describes the role originally played by Govinda, Sara has taken over from Karisma Kapoor.