Varun Dhawan and Shraddha Kapoor were childhood friends, owing to their filmy backgrounds. Once when their father, Shakti Kapoor and David Dhawan were shooting for a film, eight-year-old Shraddha on the sets took a liking to Varun Dhawan. At this time, he took her to the mountains to confess his love, which was rejected by a young Varuna. However, the results were quiet filmy when the Stree 2 actress lashed out at him for rejecting her. At that time, both were eight people.
Varun Dhawan recently recalled the incident in a conversation with YouTuber Shubhankar Mishra. Speaking about falling for Natasha, the actor said, “When I saw Natasha for the first time, I think I felt like, ‘She’s a girl.’ I was in sixth grade. However, I knew there was a connection.” When the interviewer teased. “Is this why you rejected Shraddha Kapoor?” Varun laughs and replies, “No.”
He shared, “There were eight of us. What boy likes a girl at this age? I was confused as to why she took me to the mountains… We all know what happened there. But, let me post that story to you.”
Varun Dhawan recalled Shraddha rejecting her even two years after the incident and beating her on her tenth birthday. Varun said, ‘It was Shraddha’s tenth birthday party. She invited me to her birthday and she wore a frock. Around four boys were in love with Shraddha at that time. It was a birthday party, so we were all playing on the jumping bag. Suddenly these guys surrounded me and asked, ‘Why don’t you like Shraddha?’ I was like, ‘I’m interested in dance competitions.’ It was like, ‘No, no, you have to like him.’ I’m not even kidding. These were the boys who liked her. They started fighting with me. I was beaten. She beat me because I did not accept her proposal. But I beat them too. It was a very cinematic scene. Then I participated in a dance competition and won. She finished third.
Years passed when Varun saw Shraddha again. This time it was not the same.
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The coolie number 1 actor shared, ‘When Shraddha became a teenager. She became very beautiful. We studied in different schools. There was a dandiya competition in his school, in which I participated. There too I got into trouble when I hit someone with a dandiya stick. I was running for my life. I was trying to hide when I saw this girl walking slowly. She was Shraddha Kapoor. She looked very beautiful that day. That day, I regretted rejecting him. Then we became friends. This is a big story. Then ask what happened.
Earlier, while talking to the same interviewer, Shraddha Kapoor shared her side of the story. She said, ‘This is an old story that many people know about. Varun rejected my proposal. It’s fun to think about. We joined our father during their shoot. As a child, I had a small crush on Varun. While playing, we reached the top of the hill. I said, ‘Varun, I’m going to say something the other way around and you have to understand.’ So I said, ‘You love me.’ He replied, ‘I don’t like girls.’ Then he ran away.”
Shraddha Kapoor and Varun Dhawan then starred in ABCD 2 and Street Dancer 3D. They were recently seen sharing the screen in the film ‘Stree 2’, where Varun Dhawan had a cameo role. They also appeared in a song from the film Khubsurat.
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