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Varun Dhawan turns rapper, performs live on stage

3 Jul 2014

Last week Varun Dhawan's promotional event with Alia Bhatt for Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhaniya in Chandigarh turned it to be an unexpected surprise for Varun's fan.

The young actor sang live on stage with the rapper Badshah.

Reliving the pleasurable experience Varun says, "Alia persuaded me to sing on stage. We started singing at promotional events in North India in Ludhiana, Chandigarh and Delhi. Luckily for us the song ' Saturday Saturday ' is already doing very well. For the first time in my life I performed a rap section with Badshah on stage in Chandigarh Sector 17 in front of 10,000 people. I can't put the experience in words. You see, Punjabi rap has become really big with Yo Yo Honey Singh, Gippy Grewal and Badshah. It's trending. The rapper's role suits my character Humpty, that's why I agreed." Varun confesses this was his way of making the promotions unique. "I had to make the promotions this time completely different from what I had done for my previous release Main Tera Hero . I didn't want to repeat myself. I wanted Alia and I to find new ways of entertaining people at promotional events. So the USP that we thought up this time was that we sing. Yeah, Alia and I have turned singers to promote Humpty." Unlike his co-stars Alia Bhatt and Shraddha Kapoor who have sung professionally for their films, Varun says he has no such plans at the moment. "Shraddha and Alia are doing some great singing. I am not a trained singer, or anything. But if I am encouraged to hum or rap a few lines, as I was in Chandigarh, I don't mind singing. Haven't many of our stars from Bachchan Saab, to Salman Bhai to Shah Rukh and Govinda sung for their films?"