Shoojit Sircar says people ask him ‘How did you make Varun Dhawan act?’ Here’s how he responded. bollywood

Varun Dhawan delivered one of his finest performances in the film October, which was directed by Shoojit Sircar. In a recent interview on Unfiltered with Samdish, Shoojit opened up about the casting of a mainstream hero like Varun in a much different light in October, devoid of romance, drama or action. Shoojit explained how the casting happened. (Also read: Varun Dhawan says he broke down filming this scene in Shoojit Sircar’s October)

What Shoojit said about Varun

During the interview, Shoojit said: “People asked me how did you make him act? I tell them, yes; he is not my kind of an actor. I have not I have seen very few films. I think he is fantastic. (he also doesn’t know that) but he surrendered to me. “If you get the script you will make a mental picture of him.”

How Varun was cast in October

He then talked about casting Varun Dhawan and working with him on October. “He used to phone me that he wants to meet and I used to think why. I had started casting for October, was doing auditions all over, and many were shortlisted as well. Yet I was not finding Dan. One day he called me in the morning and I was leaving for Kolkata at 2 PM. He called me around 11 AM and said he wants to meet me. I told him to come and meet me right now. When he walked in he was clumsy, then he ended up spilling a glass of water. Suddenly his clumsiness caught my attention… he was behaving weirdly. I saw Dan in that weirdness- someone who is so unsure. That’s when he was cast.”

October released in 2018. It marked the Bollywood debut of Banita Sandhu who played the lead role of Shiuli in the film. Directed by Shoojit, the film garnered much love from audiences as well as critics.