twoandahalf years after making his debut in karan johars student of the year varun dhawan is gearing up for his next release main tera hero while he played a spoilt campus hero in his first film the actor graduates to a masala comedy now directed by his father david dhawan which he says he did for emotional rather than commercial reasons it was a privilege working with david dhawan even though dad does raise the bar hes worked with seasoned actors like salman bhai khan and chi chi bhaiya govinda in the past and would often forget that this was only my second film even when there were other actors in the frame hed say that the scene depended on me fortunately i thrive under pressure he asserts read varun performs lap dance for nargis fakhri the film opens on april 4 and post the release varun intends to cut himself off to prep for sriram raghavans next a thriller its a different look and performance ill go to workshops and the gym you wont see me for a while until i come out to promote humpty sharma ki dulhania after which ill flag off the any body can dance sequel which will be shot in vegas and will have another unrecognisable varun he promises pointing out that he grew his hair for humpty sharma and sports seven hairstyles as sreenath parsad in main tera hero but the focus wasnt on hair and makeup and clothes were one size larger he hastens to add im here because of karan and student of the year but main tera hero is my chance to shrug off the pretty chocolate boy image and prove that i can act too act in a bollywood masala movie varun insists that its not easy pulling off a dabangg act like salman or boarding the chennai express like shah rukh khan the audience expect entertainment in a typical bollywood movie so youre firing on all cylinders i dont know how many onefilm actors would agree to do a main tera hero knowing that they are performing for a panindia audience i may piss off some pseudointellectuals because of the genre but id be happy if i can make the aam janta recommend the film to family and friends he says growing up varuns heroes were salman and sanju sir sanjay dutt whose films he watched sitting in the stalls of gaeity and chandan cinema read illeana saves varuns life there was chi chi bahiya too who was an important part of our family and cinematic history he and dad created magic in the 90s i must have imitated all these superstars when among friends but theres no attempt to ape any of them in the film not even chi chi bhaiya no one can ever replace govinda so why try its varun all the way he asserts dismissing speculations about main tera hero being a take off on govindas hero no 1 but buzz is humpty sharam