A romantic comedy by Karan Johar.
By Tathagata Mitra
BANGALORE: Varun Dhawan and Alia Bhatt reunite for the romantic comedy Humpty Sharma ki Dulhania.
Varun and Alia made their debut on the silver screen together along with Siddharth Malhotra in Karan Johar’s Student of the Year.
Humpty Sharma ki Dulhania released its first look recently, creating quite the buzz among the Bollywood movie goers all over. A short teaser for the film featuring Dhawan was also released for promotional purposes.
Humpty Sharma ki Dulhania is being directed by debutant Shashank Khaitan and produced by the very man who made Varun and Alia’s first film, Karan Johar. In this film Varun plays the role of Humpty Sharma who is looking for his ‘dulhania’ (bride). Alia, of course is playing the bride of Dhawan, named Kavya Pratap Singh.
The promotional teaser is one where Dhawan, as Humpty Sharma, talks directly to the camera. He confesses that he is on the lookout for a bride and urges the audience to contact him on whatsapp if they know of anyone who would be suitable for him. As far as promotional pieces go, Humpty Sharma ki Dulhania has found quite an innovative way to communicate to the audiences. By requesting them to communicate back to the hero of the story, the teaser undoubtedly makes the people feel more involved.
Humpty Sharma ki Dulhania will also feature TV actor Siddharth Shukla of Balika Badhu fame. He has been roped in to play an important character in the film. About his character, Varun has said, “Humpty is a character; he’s not the hero. He is someone who says inappropriate things at the wrong time.”
Both Varun and Alia have had a successful career after their debut together in Student of the Year. Alia has appeared in Imtiaz Ali’s Highway alongside Randeep Hooda, and in 2 States opposite Arjun Kapoor. Varun had released his dad David Dhawan directed Main Tera Hero not long ago. The film also starred Ilena D’Cruz and Nargis Fakhri. Their Student of the Year co-star Siddharth Malhotra also starred in the hit Hasee toh Phasee alongside Parineeti Chopra and is about to release his third, Mohit Suri’s Ek Villain.