"He was always a funny little child," said our friend Lali Dhawan, mother of one of the industry's hottest stars Varun Dhawan. "He once wrote in an essay in kindergarten, 'I like my mother wearing sleeveless because she looks sexy!'" she laughed.

"His teacher had to call me to school to explain," said the Elphinstone College (Literature and Political Science) alumnus, who married director David Dhawan. We had called Lali to enquire about a recent statement issued by the star, saying he was in no hurry to get married nor to move out of his parental home any time soon, to live in with his steady GF Natasha Dalal.