Varun Dhawan recalls funny marriage proposal to wife Natasha: ‘Jaisa filmon mein dikhaate hain vaisa nahi hota’

Actor Varun Dhawan has shared a humorous anecdote of his proposal to wife Natasha Dalal, highlighting its chaotic nature.

Published on: Jun 8, 2026, 13:31:09 IST

By Rishabh Suri

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ActorVarun Dhawan and wife Natasha Dalal have been happily married for five years now. After dating for many years, they decided to take the plunge in January 2021, and have since become parents to their daughter Lara.

During a recent appearance, Varun spilled the beans on his proposal to Natasha, and it has left his fans in splits. Talking on comedian Tanmay Bhatt's reaction show on YouTube, he said the entire proposal didn't go as per plan.

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He shared, “We were in Alibaug. I played singer Marc Anthony's You Sang To Me. Thought we would go swimming, and I would pop the question as she came out of the pool. I was f**king around till then. By the time I got the ring, she had got out of the pool. I messed up two-three times, jaisa filmon mein perfect proposal dikhaate hain vaisa sach mein hota nahi hai. I told my friends to then keep her at one place and not let her walk around. She was going to get a drink one time, then going to eat salad. She actually came to know I was proposing, it was a bad proposal. I had to play the song three times in a row!”

Varun was promoting his latest film Hai Jawani Toh Ishq Hona Hai on Tanmay's show. The film, directed by his father David Dhawan, opened to mixed reviews. HT's review of the film said, “Performance-wise, Varun Dhawan is revisiting his Main Tera Hero playbook here, and that's hardly a complaint. His energy and comic timing suit this brand of chaotic entertainment, requiring him to run and stumble his way across London with enthusiasm. Overall, Hai Jawani Toh Ishq Hona Hai asks very little of it's audience beyond a willingness to surrender to it's madness. The first half is a slog, the runtime is far longer than it needs to be. But once the chaos kicks in, the laughs begin to follow. Not every joke lands, but enough do for the film to scrape through.”

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Rishabh Suri
Rishabh Suri is an Assistant Editor, film critic, and professional overthinker of plot points. He writes for HT City, keeping pace with an industry where news cycles expire long before the popcorn gets cold. He completed his graduation in English Honours from Kirori Mal College, followed by a Master’s degree in English Literature-effectively training his brain to over-analyse classic texts before applying those exact same skills to 3-hour Bollywood blockbusters. He got into the profession when he had barely graduated from college and has been at HT ever since. At HT, Rishabh reviews films with a simple rule: skip the dense academic jargon and get straight to the point. Beyond reviews, as Assistant Editor, he helps navigate the broader circus of showbiz, tracking everything from OTT shifts to sudden box office panics. In a beat driven by loud PR machinery and carefully scripted answers, Rishabh prefers cutting through the noise to focus on how stories get made and why trends shift. When he isn’t writing against a deadline, he is usually sitting in a dark theater, compulsively memorising dialogues. For Rishabh, analysing movies isn't just a day job- it’s a habit he couldn't turn off even if he tried.Read More

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