Vijay Varma Recalls Jaideep Ahlawat's Reaction On Not Attending His Wedding: 'He Was Sulking, Howling..'

Jaideep Ahlawat and Vijay Varma have been close friends since their days at the Film & Television Institute of India (FTII) in Pune.

Jaideep Ahlawat and Vijay Varma last shared screen space in Sujoy Ghosh's crime thriller 'Jaane Jaan' on Netflix India last year. However, a lesser-known fact is that the two have been close friends since their days at the Film & Television Institute of India (FTII) in Pune. In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter India, they recounted the story of how Vijay and their FTII group missed Jaideep's wedding in 2009.

Why Vijay Varma skipped Jaideep Ahlawat's wedding?

Jaideep recalled that Vijay and their friends had booked train tickets and bought outfits for his wedding to junior Jyoti Hooda. However, shortly before the wedding, Jaideep received a break in Priyadarshan's comedy 'Khatta Meetha' (2010), which starred Akshay Kumar. At the filmmaker's request, Jaideep had to postpone his wedding at the last minute. 

“We didn’t know what to do with our tickets. We were like, ‘dobara toh nahi kharid paayenge‘ (we won’t be able to buy them again),” Vijay said, as they were too broke to travel for Jaideep's nuptials. Consequently, even after the wedding, the friends didn't communicate for six to eight months.

 

How did they reconcile? 

Months later, Jaideep met up with his friends, feeling down. “He was sulking. We had some ‘juice’, and after a few drinks, he started howling, complaining that none of his friends attended his wedding. Looking at him, all of us started crying with him, juice ke nashe mein,” Vijay recalled.

Since then, Jaideep and Vijay have maintained their friendship. Before 'Jaane Jaan', they also collaborated on Ahmed Khan's 2020 action thriller 'Baaghi 3', which starred Tiger Shroff. Interestingly, Rajkummar Rao was in the same batch at FTII and was even Jaideep's roommate.

Vijay Varma and Jaideep Ahlawat's acting debut

Vijay made his Bollywood debut in Bedabrata Pain's 2012 historical war drama 'Chittagong', which Jaideep was also part of. He was last seen in 'IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack'. Meanwhile, Jaideep will next appear in the Prime Video India crime show 'Pataal Lok' Season 2.