The comic caper Main Tera Hero (2014), directed by David Dhawan, completed 10 years on April 4. It is memorable for its chartbuster songs, funny moments, killer dialogues and of course the massy performance by Varun Dhawan. When the film was being shot in Bangkok, Thailand, David Dhawan went through a shocking health scare. Varun opened up about his astonishing and scary experience in an interview with Bombay Times on March 25, 2014.
10 Years of Main Tera Hero: When David Dhawan had a SHOCKING health scare: “He said, ‘I am going’ three times. He just passed out. I started shouting, screaming, abusing everyone on the set to get the ambulance. I was hysterical” – Varun Dhawan
Varun Dhawan began by saying that even in the past, his father had been unwell and in such times, his mother took care of him. But when Main Tera Hero was being shot in Bangkok, there was no one else from his family apart from him.
He then explained how it all began saying, “He had gone to the gym to see the location when he fell and hurt his throat and knee and was in bad pain, thinking he broke it but nothing happened. We went to the hospital and the doctor told him to sleep. My father said he is fine to me and I assumed that since he said he is fine, means he is fine.”
The shoot began and during lunch time, he saw David Dhawan consuming some tablets. He also saw his assistant Umesh Ghadge rubbing his legs. Varun asked him to sleep and started rubbing his hands. He then said, “He looked at me and said, ‘I am going’ three times and he sank. He just passed out. It happened for 10 seconds and I remember each second of it. Everyone on the set was staring at us and there was not a soul who moved. Everyone thought he had died, including myself.”
Varun Dhawan then revealed, “In my reflex, I put my hand into his mouth, separating his jaw. He immediately puked and came back. It all happened within a few seconds. I started shouting, screaming, abusing everyone on the set to get the ambulance. I was hysterical.”
Even in such a situation, David Dhawan told Varun to go and shoot. Varun narrated, “The shot had been set up and he told me, ‘Go give the shot, the assistant director knows what to do.’ I lost it and nearly broke something in the room. I said, ‘I can’t shoot like this’ but he was adamant and he said, ‘There is money put behind you and you need to shoot.’ I said, ‘I will give the little money I have made, but I cannot shoot.’ But he insisted and I left him to give my shot.”
The shoot took three hours after which Varun Dhawan informed his mother. He broke down during the call; immediately his mother and brother Rohit Dhawan landed in Bangkok.
Varun Dhawan continued, “He had had what you call a diabetic coma and it happens when your blood sugar goes low and his heart showed signs of irregularity. The doctors later told me that he was choking so when he vomited, he became okay. He was in the hospital for just one night and reached the set at 12 the next day.” He exulted, “He is obsessed with filmmaking, but I don’t wish for any child to see this happening to their father.”
Varun since then has been extra cautious about the health of his parents. This was seen during the COVID-19 pandemic period. In an interview with Bombay Times in January 2022, he said, “The biggest challenge these days is to parent your parents, be hawk-eyed towards them like they were when you were a child. These times are tough on us, but they’re tougher on our elders. I want to get on to a platform and tell all elderly parents that they have to listen to their children when they talk about safety measures and follow them.”
In June 2022, David Dhawan opened up about how Varun and his family have made sure that he has a healthy diet, “He (Varun) is after my life. My wife and kids don’t let me eat anything wrong. If I try to do so, they will hit my hand and say it’s not for me. They have really taken care of me.”
Also Read: David Dhawan and Varun Dhawan join forces with Tips Films for an untitled film; to release on October 2, 2025
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