Bollywood’s power couples on screen often have off-screen stories that are equally entertaining. Take Shraddha Kapoor and Varun Dhawan – their sizzling chemistry in dance flicks has fans hooked, but a viral childhood anecdote reveals Shraddha’s cheeky ‘proposal’ that sent Varun running.
Picture this: Mumbai film set, early 1990s. Eight-year-old Shraddha and Varun, sons and daughters of industry veterans, are frolicking and end up on a hillside. Shraddha hatches a fun game: speak backwards. She declares, ‘You love I’ – a reversed ‘I love you.’ Varun’s response? ‘Girls aren’t my thing!’ followed by a hasty escape.
The actress spilled the beans on a YouTube chat, delighting fans with this cute flashback. Fast forward, and they’ve collaborated in ABCD 2, Street Dancer 3D, and a fun cameo in Stree 2, proving time heals all childhood fears.
Shraddha’s career graph is a tale of persistence. Debuting in 2010’s Teen Patti and stumbling with 2011’s Luv Ka The End, she hit gold with Aashiqui 2 in 2013. As Aarohi, she portrayed a rising singer saved and shaped by Aditya Roy Kapur’s flawed Rahul, a story of addiction, love, and redemption that resonated deeply.
Award nods poured in, fueling a string of successes: Ek Villain’s intense romance, ABCD 2’s dance fever, Baaghi’s action-romance, Half Girlfriend’s heartfelt drama, Stree’s horror-comedy, Chhichhore’s college laughs, Tu Jhoothi Main Makkaar’s modern love, and Stree 2’s excitement. Shraddha’s evolution from child proposer to leading lady is pure Bollywood inspiration.