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Varun Dhawan has a personal reason to wish for Pak-India peace: the Diwale actor wants to visit!

According to Indian Express, Varun Dhawan had a great interaction with a Pakistani man while he was shooting for Dishoom in the Middle East. The senior from Islamabad would chauffeur the actor around Gulf city and the duo bonded well.

According to Varun, “For the 55 to 60 days that I was in Abu Dhabi, I was chilling with my driver there who was from Islamabad. He was 65-year-old and I formed a special bond with him. Whenever I used to ask him about both India and Pakistan, he used to say aisa koi masla nahi hai. He used to say, ‘Aap bata do kidhar jaana hai. Aapko chicken khaana hai then let’s go here (Where would you like to go? If you want to eat chicken then let's go here) and he would take me to the best eateries. He would also pick music of Nustrat Fateh Ali Khan and 'Chitti Aayi Hai' of Pankaj Udhas for me. I got a lot of inspiration from him. I had to speak Arabic in the film and I had a coach with whom I trained. But eventually I gave my lines to my driver and told him, ‘aap bolo kaise bolna hai’ (You tell me how to say them).”

The Dilwale actor got to discuss films a lot with his new Pakistani acquaintance. “Hindi films are loved in Pakistan and he told me that they watch all our movies and hoped that I would visit Pakistan someday. I told him that I would definitely like to come. Just recently our Prime Minister too visited Pakistan. So if things become better one day, I would love to go and visit Pakistan,” says Varun.