‘Alia Bhatt Is Dating Aksar from Dubai’: When Varun Dhawan Tried to Start a Rumour

‘Alia Bhatt Is Dating Aksar from Dubai’: Varun Dhawan can share screen space with any diva and create fabulous chemistry with her. May it be Kriti Sanon in Bhediya (2022) or Shraddha Kapoor in Stree 2 (2024). But then, two actresses in one frame are a little less than in a couple of films in which Varun Romanced! But two people that the audience can never get enough of are Varun and Alia Bhatt, his fellow student. Their onscreen charm and offscreen friendship have an intense following throughout the country. Well, today, on Varun's 38th birthday, let us take you back to his failed attempt to create a fake gossip about Alia.

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It all began with the promotion of Varun Dhawan and Alia Bhatt's second film together, Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania (2014). In an interview, Varun said Alia had a secret boyfriend. He stated, “There's this boy called Aksar. It's a fact. Dubai mein rehta hai, his name is Aksar.” When Alia asked him to stop making people up, Varun replied, “You have a full affair going on with this boy.” When they joined Karan Johar on his chat show that year, Varun said he wants to start a rumour about Alia and claimed, “She's dating this boy in Dubai. Dating this builder in Dubai.” He turned to ask Alia his name, and she said, "Aksar," then told KJo that Varun made that person up.

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Meanwhile, Varun continued to say, “She's dating this guy from Dubai called Aksar who has highlights, golden highlights.” Years later, when Varun and Arjun Kapoor visited Karan Johar's show, VD took the opportunity again to bring up Alia's fake love life. and said, “She was dating that boy from Dubai. Ali.” This continued during the promotions of their next film, Badrinath Ki Dulhania (2017). In an interview, Varun revealed, “He's not from this country, he's from Dubai. We have spoken about him before on this same interview.” Alia clarified, “There is nobody from Dubai. I don't even know anybody from Dubai. I just know the malls.” But Varun didn’t stop and further added, “His name is Akhmal. Don't lie Alia! She was madly in love with him. You are dating a guy from Dubai. He has golden streaks in his hair.”

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Interestingly, during the promotions of their next film, Kalank (2019), fans got an inkling about Alia and her husband Ranbir Kapoor's relationship after she accidentally called Varun 'Ran...' while he was annoying her. Now, this bond is special for sure!

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