After a series of flops and mediocre successes, filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri changed the course of his career with the 2017 film The Tashkent Files that turned out to be a sleeper hit. 

And with his latest release, The Kashmir Files, the filmmaker delivered not just the biggest blockbuster of his career but one of the biggest hits in the Hindi film industry as well. 

The film starring Mithun Chakraborty, Anupam Kher, Pallavi Joshi and Darshan Kumar has collected over Rs 230 crore at the box office, so far, and continues to perform well even in its third week. 

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Vivek, who is basking in the success of the film, recently revealed in an interview a lesser-known aspect of his life. 

He talked about his equation with star Varun Dhawan and went on to praise the young actor. 

The director opened up about the time when Varun helped him in a big way when nobody did and added that he owes a lot to the Badlapur star. 

Vivek told Siddharth Kannan, “I love Varun. I owe a lot to Varun. And I don’t want to speak on camera, it’s between me and him. He helped me at a time when nobody in this world was helping me, and quietly. He is a great soul. I wish he, I don’t know about stardom and all, I wish he always remains happy and very successful. He is a great boy, I love him. I am not saying this because I want to do a film with him. My eyes are also getting moist, because he had helped me at a time when I couldn’t have expected at all that a person like him would help me.” 

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A few days back, Varun Dhawan took to Instagram stories and praised The Kashmir Files. He wrote, “One of the most hard-hitting films ever made with incredible performances. Every technician has excelled. Anupam Kher deserves all the awards. @DarshanKumaar #pallavijoshi, #mithun sir and the director @vivekagnihotri”. 

This isn’t all, Darshan Kumar also revealed in an interview with Siddharth Kannan that Varun had even contacted him post watching the film. He said, “Varun Dhawan contacted me. He loved my performance.”

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