Audience will find my performance novel in "October": Varun Dhawan
Varun Dhawan has mostly been part of massy entertainers except Sriram Raghavan's "Badlapur" but now with Shoojit Sircar's "October", the actor is hopeful that the audience will find his performance "novel". "I can say with surety that there's not a single frame where you would say, he has done this in that film. There's no repetition of expression or dialogue delivery," Varun said.
Shoojit directs Varun for the first time in "October"
Shoojit has directed Varun for the first time in "October". So, he wasn't aware of his work. But when two started working on "October", Varun was surprised the way the "Piku" director got him to do scenes. "Shoojit hadn't seen a single film of mine so, he wouldn't know how I act, but the way he broke a scene down was unbelievable," Varun said.
"No one cared how I felt as actor before October"
Varun, who has been part of more than half a dozen films, said during October's shooting, for the first time he realized that people around him cared how he felt as an actor. He was asked to completely detach himself from cellphones. "I stopped looking at my phone to calm myself, instead director asked me to look at plants or nature," Varun added.
Varun creates own playlist to get into Dan's character
Varun created his own playlist and started listening to "Hare Rama Hare Krishna" by Jahnavi Harrison to get into the space of his character "Dan". "Shantanu Moitra, who has given music for film, asked me to share my soundtrack with him. I told him that it's just a few songs, but he insisted saying, 'I need to know how Dan's is feeling'," Varun said.
Never been so vulnerable on a film set: Varun
Once he dived into his character, Varun realized the toughest part to play the role was to be vulnerable. "I have never been so vulnerable on a film set. After a while, it stopped feeling like shooting. When you know that this is acting, it's okay. But when it stops feeling like acting and feels like real life, then the floodgates open," he added.
