Updated On: 11 July, 2023 07:08 AM IST | Dubai | Mohar Basu
From Varun-Janhvi decoding how Bawaal changed them as actors, to a seven-year-old influencer stealing the show, mid-day brings you all the dope from the film’s Dubai trailer launch

Varun Dhawan and Janhvi Kapoor
Docked in Dubai’s Port Rashid is Queen Elizabeth 2, a ship-turned-floating-restaurant that was the venue for the trailer launch of Varun Dhawan and Janhvi Kapoor’s next, Bawaal. As the trailer of Nitesh Tiwari’s directorial venture was unveiled, one understood why it required a global venue. “Our history is what makes us,” noted producer Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari, as she narrated the story of her father-in-law, an erstwhile history professor who wanted to take a world tour to see the places he taught his children about for decades. Unfortunately, he never took that trip. Tiwari and Iyer made Bawaal as an homage to his unfulfilled desire.
In the Amazon Prime Video offering, Dhawan plays a small-town history teacher, whose trip to Europe turns out to be a journey of self-discovery. Being a part of the “internalised film” turned out to be a moving experience for the actor, who said, “As an actor, it’s difficult to be fearless. Image becomes paramount to everyone’s identity. That’s why [doing] a film like this is crucial. It takes you closer to the truth, and makes you re-look at your priorities.”