Varun Dhawan claims that Western influence has led to the decline in the making of Bollywood family entertainers

Varun Dhawan returned to the big screens with the film Jugjugg Jeeyo alongside Kiara Advani, Anil Kapoor, and Neetu Kapoor. The film is running successfully at the box office and is loved by fans and critics. In a recent interview, Varun Dhawan claimed that everyone in the film industry is unsure about the kinds of movies that will perform well at the box office because the industry is in a transitional period due to the epidemic.

He said, “We have stopped making big-scale, masala family entertainers because we are too influenced by the West… To begin with, no one knows what type of film will work. From the biggest producers to trade people, no one does and still every week we will come out and give gyaan (knowledge) that this works, that works.”

The Badlapur actor further said, “The world has changed, nobody knew COVID-19 was coming. It hit us, everything went for a toss. So, you have to do what your conviction says. Dharma believes in family entertainers, and Karan Johar believes in this genre, he has always done it. I believe in this genre, I have always done these films… My career is based on it. Anil Kapoor and Kiara also believe in it. It is not like we are doing it for (the sake of it)”.

Apart from his latest release, Varun will feature in his next film Bhediya alongside Kriti Sanon. The actor spoke about his second collaboration with Dinesh Vijan and said, “From Bhediya, one should expect the unexpected. Amar is back after Stree and Bala, and I am back with Dinesh after Badlapur. He is someone who only wants to work with me on the wackiest, darkest ideas. It is our passion project and we have gone all out with that film.”