Fans show crazy love for Border 2; bathe VarunDhawan’s poster in milk

After Border 2’s success, the fans’ crazy antics drew criticism.

Border 2 has been receiving thunderous response at the box office. The film has thus far received massive positive response from audiences and has done exceedingly well at the box office, especially after people turned to theatres for nostalgia of the original film, Border, in 1997.

People go crazy watching Border 2; bathe VarunDhawan’s photo with milk.

Actor VarunDhawan is earning appreciation for his portrayal of war hero Col Hoshiyar Singh Dahiya in the recently released war drama Border 2. The actor has been praised by critics and fans alike for his performance in the film. But one section of fans took it a bit too far recently, or so Reddit thinks. A video emerged of some moviegoers in Haryana bathing Varun’s poster with milk after the film’s release. The video shows a set of fans putting a poster of Varun in his Col Dahiya look from Border 2 on a car, then pouring milk on it. The clip was widely shared on social media with the unverified claim that the fans were from the Jat community and were appreciating Varun’s performance as a Jat war hero.

The internet reacts to fans’ crazy antics.

One user wrote, “No amount of admiration can justify this absurdity.” Another reacted, “Big star or not, this clownery shouldn’t be normalised…i don’t get this obsession of treating actors like Gods.” A third person expressed, “In this case, I don’t even think they are fans. Just clout chasers. It’s not like VD has such high filmography / iconic character for these dudes to be his die-hard fans.” One comment read, “They are appreciating a jaat character played by Varun in this movie, not really Varun’s fan. Same thing happened with the JAAT movie.”

Border 2 has received mixed reviews from critics, but has been a success at the box office, earning ₹167 crore worldwide in three days.