Thursday, 3rd July 2014, 06:20 PM IST

At a promotional event for ‘Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania’ in Chandigarh, actor Varun Dhawan performed on stage with Punjabi rapper Badshah.

Varun was present at the event along with his leading lady Alia Bhatt, who convinced him to sing on stage. Varun says, "Alia persuaded me to sing on stage. We started singing at promotional events in North India in Ludhiana, Chandigarh and Delhi. Luckily for us, the song'Saturday Saturday' is already doing very well. For the first time in my life I performed a rap section with Badshah on stage in Chandigarh Sector 17 in front of 10,000 people. I can't put the experience in words. You see, Punjabi rap has become really big with Yo Yo Honey Singh, Gippy Grewal and Badshah. It's trending. The rapper's role suits my character Humpty, that's why I agreed." 

Varun says that this is a good way to make the promotions for the film unique. "I had to make the promotions this time completely different from what I had done for my previous release ‘Main Tera Hero’. I didn't want to repeat myself. I wanted Alia and I to find new ways of entertaining people at promotional events. So the USP that we thought up this time was that we sing. Yeah, Alia and I have turned singers to promote Humpty," he said.

Although his co-stars Alia Bhatt and Shraddha Kapoor have sung professionally for their films, Varun doesn’t have any plans in this area at the moment. "Shraddha and Alia are doing some great singing. I am not a trained singer, or anything. But if I am encouraged to hum or rap a few lines, as I was in Chandigarh, I don't mind singing. Haven't many of our stars from Bachchan Saab, to Salman Bhai to Shah Rukh and Govinda sung for their films?"