Sriram Raghavan 's directorial ' Badlapur ' released today and the film raised curiosity of all over its storyline. The film is based on the theme of love and revenge. For the first time, Varun Dhawan has left behind his lover boy image and will appear in never-seen-before avatar. The film also features Nawazuddin Siddiqui , Huma Qureshi , Yami Gautam , Radhika Apte and Divya Dutta .

A special screening was held of the film ' Badlapur ' for the Bollywood people and many of them went ga-ga over the flick. As said by Homi Adajania , "Badlapur impresses with Sriram Raghavan 's inimitable style. I love the premise of his narrative, of unknowingly becoming everything you want to destroy. It is a psychological roller coaster with such effortless performances of difficult characters. We all have to back cinema like this in order to grow creatively." Karan Johar said "The film is absolutely stunning. Varun had made us so proud. He is exceptional. And it doesn't get better than Nawaz. I think it's a must watch." Tabu also praised Raghavan's work and was impressed with the acting of Varun and Nawazuddin. The actress wished the movie a great success.