New Delhi, Jan 24: Ahead of the release of Border 2, actor Varun Dhawan faced heavy trolling on social media, with users particularly targeting his smile in the song Ghar Kab Aaoge.

However, following the film’s release, the narrative appears to have shifted, with audiences praising Dhawan’s performance.

Filmmaker Karan Johar, a close friend of the actor, came out strongly in Varun’s support and called out online trolls through a post on Instagram.

Applauding Varun’s work, Karan wrote, “Has to be said… the reason why it’s called a virtual world! Real will always score and prove the noise on social media as defunct! You can troll an artist for his smile but then he laughs when the film releases to packed houses and he receives pure, authentic audience love!”

He further added, “So noisemakers and clickbait-seeking content creators can do what they like… truth will always prevail!”

In another post, Karan praised the entire ‘Border 2’ team, sharing that the film moved him to tears. “Moved me to tears in many scenes! Patriotism with a beating heart!! Sure-shot WINNER,” he wrote.

Meanwhile, Varun Dhawan recently addressed the trolling at an event in Mumbai, stating that social media comments do not affect him. The actor said he prefers to shut out the noise and let his work speak for itself.

“I believe you shut down the noise and just let your work do the talking. Yeh sab cheezein chalti rehti hain. It doesn’t really matter. Main iske liye kaam nahin karta hoon. Main jis cheez ke liye kaam karta hoon woh iss Friday ko pata chalega,” Varun said.

He further expressed confidence in the film, adding, “Mujhe film pe bharosa hai. Ek achi film banana bohot zaroori hai. Obviously, numbers and all these things don’t concern me. But I believe ki humne ek achi film banayi hai. That’s the most important thing.”

Directed by Anurag Singh, Border 2 also features Sunny Deol, Ahan Shetty, and Diljit D