Varun Dhawan shared this picture. (courtesy: varundvn)

New Delhi:

Varun Dhawan, who just lately featured in Nitesh Tiwari’s Bawaal alongside Janhvi Kapoor, in a latest interview with Pinkvilla, opened up about his tackle the controversial components of the movie which has been accused of trivialising the Holocaust. Bawaal has been criticised by movie critics and viewers alike for its problematic and tone-deaf plot. The movie compares a troubled marriage to Hitler’s regime and the focus camps in Auschwitz. “Hum sab bhi toh thode bohot Hitler jaise hi hai na (we all are a little bit like Hitler),” Janhvi Kapoor says within the movie. Without naming any movie particularly, Varun Dhawan stated, ” I respect everyone’s opinions and everyone has a right to have an opinion. Some people got triggered and sensitive about this but I don’t understand where that sensitivity or the trigger goes when they watch an English film. They are allowed to do and show everything and you will find that in a correct way.”

Varun Dhawan seems to be unaware of the controversy about Christopher Nolan’s film Oppenheimer wherein the inclusion of a line from the Bhagavad Gita a intercourse scene has brought about offence.

Reacting to his character within the movie, Varun stated, “I’m not new to criticism. My films Judwaa, Main Tera Hero and ABCD2, have been criticized which is totally cool. I respect the criticism. What I don’t understand like how Sir (Nitesh Tiwari) said that it’s a context and the protagonist is from Lucknow and it’s showing that the character which is Ajju Bhaiya is initially a tone-deaf character.”

The actor added, “This is how it has been shown and it’s not showing the character as a hero but as a negative. That’s why all the praise is coming for the character that a hero for the first time gets to do a negative character. So the character is supposed to be negative. So, the way Nisha (Janhvi’s character) will explain him in a way that he should understand.”

Bawaal showcases the story of a historical past instructor (Varun Dhawan), who, together with spouse Nisha (Janhvi Kapoor) goes to Europe to go to World War 2 websites, which adjustments him and his relationship endlessly.