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On Tuesday morning, Varun Dhawan sent a wave of excitement through his fans across the world as he officially confirmed being a part of Russo Brother’s Citadel universe by headlining its Indian instalment. The unofficial reports of the same had been doing rounds in the industry and the media for a while now, but with this announcement, things have become official, and people are really excited to see this collaboration of Varun Dhawan and Russo Brothers in the Indian instalment of Citadel. Amongst the excited people is also Varun’s friend Alia Bhatt and she shared her happiness in quite a special way.

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Firstly, when Varun dropped the announcement post this morning in collaboration with Russo Brothers, Alia took to the comments section to say, ““Wohooooo (sic)”, followed by  a heart emoji. After that, she took to her own Instagram stories to reshare the same post and along with it, she wrote, “This is huge! Killing it you guys (sic),” with a lot of fire emojis and tagging Varun and the director duo Raj and DK, who will be helming the Indian version. Varun also responded to Alia’s excitement by sharing her story and referring to her as “A” with a heart and hug emoji.

Check out Alia and Varun’s reaction here:

alia bhatt, varun dhawan, citadel

alia bhatt, varun dhawan, citadel

Alia and Varun share a special bond with each other as they both started their journey in showbiz together a decade ago with Karan Johar’s Student Of The Year. After that, they appeared in many projects together including Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhani, Badrinath Ki Dulhani and Kalank, and the audiences have always loved seeing them together on screen. They have always been vocal supporters of each other and this is just another instance of that.

 

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Directed by Raj and DK and created by Russo Brothers, the Indian instalment of Citadel starts shooting from January 2023 and it will stream on Amazon Prime Video. Reportedly, Samantha Ruth Prabhu is also a part of the show and the American instalment of the universe features Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Richard Madden.

Also Read: Varun Dhawan CONFIRMS his role in Indian instalment of Russo Brothers’ Citadel universe