‘I Can’t Do With Varun What I Did With Govinda’

IMAGE:
David
Dhawan
with
son,
Varun.

Photograph:
Kind
courtesy
Varun
Dhawan/Instagram

David
Dhawan
is
the
happiest
grandfather
in
the
world.

“My
two
sons,
their
children
and
my
wife
are
all
together,”
he
tells

Subhash
K
Jha
.

“We
have
our
meals
together.
It’s
like
living
a
dream.
I
couldn’t
ask
for
more.
God
has
been
very
kind.”

The
director
is
also
back
where
he
belongs:
Shooting
a
new
comedy.

And
it
stars
his
son
Varun
once
again.

“This
is
my
third
film
with
my
son,”
he
says.

“You
can
call
it
my
gift
to
his
new
fatherhood.
It
will
be
in
the
David
Dhawan
space.
Why
should
I
do
something
different
when
I
am
doing
fine?
Why
open
the
bonnet
in
the
middle
of
the
road
when
the
car
is
running
smoothly?
At
the
same
time,
I
have
to
adapt
with
the
times.
The
loud
comedy
of

Haseena
Maan
Jaayegi
 will
not
work
today.”

IMAGE:
Karisma
Kapoor
and
Govinda
in Haseena
Maan
Jaayegi
.

Interestingly,

Haseena
Maan
Jaayegi

turned
25
on
its
leading
lady
Karisma
Kapoor’s
birthday
on
June
25.

“Govinda,
Sanju
(Dutt),
Karisma
Kapoor,
Pooja
Batra,
Kaderbhai
(Khan)
,
Paresh
Rawal,
Anupam,
Satish
Kaushik…
it
was
so
much
fun.
We
were
a
team.
We
laughed,
ate,
pranked…
the
shooting
was
a
picnic.

“It
isn’t
the
same
any
more.
I
can’t
do
with
Varun
what
I
did
with
Govinda.
Varun
is
not
similar
to
Govinda
at
all.
Govinda
was
a
legend
in
his
own
right,
with
a
style
no
one
can
copy.
What
Govinda
and
I
did
together
in
films
like

Haseena
Maan
Jayegi,
Hero
No
1

and

Coolie
No
1,

can’t
be
repeated
with
any
other
hero.”

IMAGE:
Sreeleela.

Photograph:
Kind
courtesy
Varun
Dhawan/Instagram

David’s
new
comedy
will
introduce
Telugu
dancer-actress
Sreeleela
to
Hindi
cinema.


“Jee
haan,

Sreeleela
is
there.
So
is
Mrunal
Thakur.
Sreeleela
will
make
her
Hindi
debut
and
will
do
more
than
just
dance.
Varun
will
have
to
work
hard
to
keep
with
her.”