Did you know? Varun Dhawan was asked not to sleep for an entire week f

Shoojit Sircar's October, which is the story of
a very different shade of love, had the actors
go through drills to be able to perform their
roles with utmost honesty. Varun Dhawan
who will be seen playing the lead character
in the film, had been asked to not sleep for
an entire week to be able to look a certain
way for his character in the film.
For a few scenes in the film, Shoojit wanted
Varun to look sombre. Shoojit Sircar is
known to keep his movies authentic,
wanted Varun to look as natural as possible
and not use makeup. He instructed Varun to
not sleep for a few days or have minimum
sleep of an hour or two every day for a
week. Varun without hesitation followed the
director's vision and what translated on
camera was spectacular.
The film has already gained immense
anticipation with the distinct story telling
which the director has crafted for us again.
Varun Dhawan will be seen in a very
different avatar.
Shoojit Sircar shares, "Yes I usually do this
with many of my actors, used this during
PINK as well. A couple of scenes with Varun
required extensive emotional burst-outs, a
performance that showed him quite
exhausted..depth and weight in his overall
demeanour and eyes, coupled with a tired
voice, so I asked him to not sleep at night
prior to the scenes."
The makers will be launching the trailer of
the film early next week. Produced by
Ronnie Lahiri and Sheel Kumar, October
stars Varun Dhawan and Banita Sandhu.
Directed by Shoojit Sircar the film is set to
release on April 13, 2018

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Oh God! "a few days" is a lot.. how can he ACT normally without sleeping for 1 week? Can we remain normal without sleeping for a week? :o

Overreacting and don't think it's possible

I have tried to do this and 3rd or 4th day i was hallucinating 😆

I feel like people are taking method acting to extreme levels these days or maybe it was always like that and people are just more vocal about the process these days. Either way I have started to dislike the method for some reason. Who knows what harm it may cause. I hope they take proper doctor's advice before any such things.

his PR is so annoying.

Originally posted by: Zeal17

I have tried to do this and 3rd or 4th day i was hallucinating 😆

That's like making someone drink for real to pull off a drunkard scene. You needn't ruin your sleep if you can act like you've not slept for a long time.

My best record of not sleeping even for a minute is about 48-50 hours. During exams in college... had to complete the whole syllabus just the day before the exam, so no time to sleep!!