‘Varun has matured so much as an individual’: Alia Bhatt

Abhishek Varman’s Kalank will be the fourth film together for Alia Bhatt and Varun Dhawan. The two actors, who have shared a special bond ever since their debut, are known for their off-screen camaraderie. We ask Alia if it was any different working with VD this time around and she smiles, “It was a fun atmosphere on the sets. Varun, as usual, would tease and irritate me. Sometimes, he and Adi (Aditya Roy Kapur) would gang up against me. I knew that would happen, so I always tried to get Adi on my side before he could get him. But it was lovely working with all of them. As for Varun, I would just say that he has matured so much as an individual. I think, he’s delivered one of his finest performances of his career. VD was a boy before, and people will now see him transform into a man.”

This is not the first time Alia is working in a multi-starrer. She had done Udta Punjab (2016), which also starred Shahid Kapoor, Kareena Kapoor Khan and Diljit Dosanjh. The Raazi heroine says it stems from an area of immense security. She asserts, “All the actors involved in Kalank are passionate and working towards a certain goal for ourselves. We (the younger gang) cannot be compared to Sanjay (Dutt) sir and Madhuri (Dixit) ma’am. But at least Sona (Sonakshi Sinha), VD,  Adi and I have a similar attitude towards the craft. Eventually, we know that being at peace is most important. We had a great vibe on set.”