Varun Dhawan Considers Alia Bhatt His Competition; Says He Seeks Inspiration From Her Big Openings

Varun
Dhawan
and
Anil
Kapoor
who
shared
screen
space
in

Jug
Jugg
Jeeyo,
will
be
gracing
the
eleventh
episode
of
Koffee
With
Karan
Season
7.
The
host
Karan
Johar
dropped
the
promo
of
the
episode
yesterday
and
it’s
already
got
everyone
talking
about
their
candid
conversations
around
marriage,
relationships
and
competition.

On
the
show,
Varun
who
is
touted
to
be
one
of
the
most
popular
stars
when
it
comes
to
Bollywood’s
new
generation,
revealed
that
his
competition
is
not
restricted
to
actors
alone.
He
admitted
that
he
considers
Alia
Bhatt
his
competition
and
added
that
he
seeks
inspiration
from
her
films
getting
‘smashing
big’
openings
at
the
box
office.

So
far,
Alia
had
successful
three
releases
this
year-
Sanjay
Leela
Bhansali’s

Gangubai
Kathiawadi,
Jasmeet
K
Reen’s

Darlings
and
Ayan
Mukerji’s

Brahmastra.

Varun
told
Karan
Johar,
“The
only
person
I
feel
evenly
closely
competitive
with
is
Alia
Bhatt.
As
a
society,
we
also
need
to
start
accepting
that
our
female
leads
can
also
be
bigger
than
heroes.
With
Alia
Bhatt’s
smashing
big
openings,
as
a
male
actor,
I
seek
inspiration
from
that
and
aspire
to
do
it
too
as
a
performer.”

Varun
Dhawan
and
Alia
Bhatt
made
their
Bollywood
debut
together
with
Karan
Johar’s
directorial

Student
Of
The
Year
in
2012.
The
duo
went
on
to
share
screen
space
in

Humpty
Sharma
Ki
Dulhania
and

Badrinath
Ki
Dulhania.
Their
fans
lovingly
called
them
‘Varia’
and
enjoy
their
magical
chemistry
on
screen.

With
regards
to
work,
Varun
Dhawan
will
next
be
seen
in
Amar
Kaushik’s

Bhediya
co-starring
Kriti
Sanon
and
Nitesh
Tiwari’s

Bawaal
alongside
Janhvi
Kapoor.