Varun Dhawan Names the 'Real Heroes' of Badlapur

A still from Badlapur

All attention is on how actor Varun Dhawan has tried to come out of his comfort zone with dark, intense revenge drama Badlapur. But for him, the real heroes of the movie are its director Sriram Raghavan and producer Dinesh Vijan. (Also read: Badlapur's Divya Dutta on Varun Dhawan and Revenge)

Varun, who has shed his guy-next-door image for the role of a vengeful husband, took to micro-blogging site Twitter to praise the team that made the film.

He tweeted:
 

The entire team has worked very hard but sriram Raghvan and Dino are the real heroes who made this film . Jai sriram dino#badlapur

- Varun RAGHU dhawan (@Varun_dvn) February 20, 2015

The actor added that the surprise element in the film and thrill made him pick the project, which hit the theatres on February 20.

Today is the day. All I can say is I did #badlapur because I felt you guys would be shocked and entertained to watch a film like that

- Varun RAGHU dhawan (@Varun_dvn) February 20, 2015

Badlapur also features Yami Gautam, Huma Qureshi, Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Radhika Apte in key roles.