Before his death, he got work in Varun’s film, Satish Shah had given ‘last recommendation’ for this actor.

Varun Dhawan’s upcoming film ‘Hai Jawaani To Ishq Hona Hai’ is continuously in the headlines. Ever since the release of the trailer of the film, there is a lot of discussion on social media about its star cast and story. The team of the film is busy in its promotion, during this time an emotional story related to the film has also come to light. It is being told that before his death, veteran actor Satish Shah had made a special recommendation to Rajesh Kumar to get work in this film, which is being considered as his last request.

‘If you are young then you have to fall in love’ The film has been directed by David Dhawan, this film is his last directorial film. Recently the trailer of the film was released, during this event the actor Rajesh Kumar Has revealed about his casting. He has told that the veteran actor Satish Shah Had recommended for casting in the film. Rajesh said that this film will always be special for him, because he considers it to be the last recommendation of Satish Shah.

Satish had praised a lot

Describing the entire incident during the casting, the actor said, when the casting of the film was going on, I got a call from the casting director Mukesh Chhabra. After this I talked to David Dhawan. I was not in India at that time, but David Dhawan waited for about 25 days to meet me. He told that before casting him in the film, David Dhawan had talked to Satish Shah, during which the actor had praised Rajesh a lot.

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Both of them had a special relationship

Actually, David Dhawan and Satish Shah were very old friends, both had studied in the same batch. However, now Satish Shah is no longer among us, he breathed his last on 25 October 2025. Satish and Rajesh were very close, it was Rajesh who lit the funeral pyre of the actor. Their relationship was related to the show ‘Sarabhai vs Sarabhai’. Rajesh played the role of Satish’s on-screen son in this show, but in real life too they shared a beautiful relationship.

The film will be released on June 5

Talking about the film ‘Hai Jawaani Toh Ishq Hona Hai’, actors like Pooja Hegde, Mrunal Thakur and Jimmy Shergill are going to be seen in it along with Varun Dhawan. At the same time, this is said to be David Dhawan’s last directorial film, due to which the excitement of the audience has increased even more. David Dhawan, who entertained people with his comic films in the 90s, is once again making a comeback in the same style. Now it will be interesting to see how this film, which will be released on June 5, 2026, performs at the box office.