Bollywood actor Varun Dhawan addressed the trolling he received after the trailer of his upcoming film, Border 2, was released earlier this month.

Varun played a late war hero in Anurag Singh’s war drama, and his facial expressions and smile were criticised after the trailer launch, becoming the subject of many social media memes.

Varun joined his co-star Ahan Shetty and other members of the Border 2 crew for the film’s 'Braves of the Soil' tribute trailer launch in Mumbai. 

While speaking at the event, he was asked about the memes and trolling he had received.

Varun said, “I believe that you shut down the noise and just let your work do the talking. Yeh sab cheezein chalti rehti hain (All these things keep happening). It doesn't really matter. Main iske liye kaam nahin karta hoon. Main jis cheez ke liye kaam karta hoon woh iss Friday ko pata chalega (I don't work for this. What I work for, you will find out this Friday).”

The Baby John actor repeated that he had faith in the film and the performance of the cast. 

Varum emphasised, “Mujhe film pe bharosa hai. Ek achi film banana bohot zaroori hai. Obviously, numbers and all these things don't concern me. But I believe ki humne ek achi film banayi hai (I believe in the film. It's very important to make a good film. I'm not concerned with numbers. I believe we made a good film). That's the most important thing.”

In Border 2, Varun Dhawan played Param Vir Chakra recipient Major Hoshiar Singh Dahiya, who laid down his life in 1971 India-Pakistan War. The film, a sequel to JP Dutta’s 1997 hit, also starred Sunny Deol, Diljit Dosanjh, and Ahan Shetty.

Border 2 was produced by Gulshan Kumar and T-Series in association with JP Dutta's JP Films. The movie hit the big screens on January 23.