Varun Dhawan: 'Badlapur role definitely affected my mental health'

Varun Dhawan has revealed he became depressed while shooting his new movie Badlapur.

The 27-year-old actor plays a dark character in the revenge-themed thriller.

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According to NDTV Movies he said: "I was depressed. I was not clinically declared depressed but I was heading there. I was very sad to a certain degree.

"I don't want to use the term 'depression' loosely because it's a serious illness. It definitely affected my mental health. I was prescribed and did see a doctor for it as well," he explained.

Dhawan, who has portrayed college students in his first few roles, said he has not been exposed to the darker aspects of life.

"Maybe because I am young and I had not seen the things I got to see during the making of Badlapur. I think, that is why it hit me harder than it would affect a person older than me," he explained.

The actor said that there is a misconception that celebrities are not afflicted by depression. "They should know that we are also normal people," he added.

Deepika Padukone recently spoke out about her personal battles with depression and pledged to commit herself to generating awareness of the condition.

Also starring Huma Qureshi, Yami Gautam, Divya Dutta and Vinay Pathak, Badlapur is scheduled to release on February 20.

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