HuffPost India Varun SharmaMUMBAI, Maharashtra — After several months of rejection, Varun Sharma got a call. Yet, at a time when “nepotism” has become a punchline in jokes cracked by star kids who ought to know better, Varun Sharma’s unlikely rise offers the sort of wholesome family entertainment that Sooraj Barjatya is most celebrated for. Varun Sharma had bagged the part. On an overcast day in late 2013, Varun Sharma was on his way to JW Marriott,, a central hotspot in Juhu often frequented by the movers and shakers of Bollywood. Moments later, Sharma was sobbing, much to the panic of the writer and director, who were wondering why a comic script was inspiring tears.

Source: Huffington Post October 19, 2019 04:18 UTC