Ahaan Panday’s onscreen father, actor Varun Badola recently caught everyone’s attention with his comment on the promotional team of Saiyaara going overboard to generate buzz around the movie. The actor has now backtracked from his words. Soon after Saiyaara’s release, several videos emerged on social media showcasing fans going into a frenzy after watching the movie. People cried, fainted, proposed and danced in theater halls out of excitement and love towards the movie. In this context, Varun Badola recently commented on the movie’s promotional strategy.
Varun Badola, during an interview with SCREEN, said, “By the third or fourth day, the film was being talked about. I saw the euphoria on Instagram. Log jo chudiyaan tod rahe hai, chaatiyaan peet rahe hai (People were breaking their bangles, beating themselves). I think the promotions team went a little overboard there, where people are going to see the film, putting IV drips. Those people must have been told to give content in some way; thank god, people didn’t get their legs broken and went crawling to see the film.”
These two opposite comments from two individuals who have worked in the same movie as an actor and a director sparked controversy. Now, Varun Badola has defended his point and explained that his words were totally misunderstood.