Bollywood Heated Rivalry? Varun Dhawan, Sidharth Malhotra Raise Fans' Hopes With A Cheeky Tease

The latest episode of Koffee with Karan Season 9 has caused an uproar ever since Varun Dhawan admitted that there was chemistry between his character and Sidharth Malhotra’s in Student of the Year. Their debut film has been a pinnacle of queer baiting for many fans for over a decade now.

Their dynamics were so refreshing that many have been shipping the two characters together for years. Now, both actors are only doubling down on this claim and fans can’t be more excited.

Varun Dhawan and Sidharth Malhotra Call Each Other Their First

Taking to Instagram, Varun Dhawan shared a post that acknowledged all the love he was getting since he made the remark that he and Sidharth Malhotra would do great in an Indian version of Heated Rivalry. The series became a pop culture sensation for how well it was able to capture various romantic tropes through queer stories.

Varun posted a photo of himself with Sidharth Malhotra, both of them trying to hug each other with Kiara Advani trying to hilariously separate them. The caption read, “heated yes but never a rivalry with my brother. Thank you for the hospitality bhabhi ji.”

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As if that wasn’t adorable enough, Sidharth later reshared the post on his stories, stating, “bro you’ll always be my first.”

Karan Johar then doubled down on it, “Rohan and Abhimanyu Heated Rivalry? Lifelong bond!”

For years now, fans have been hoping to see the two of them together in a queer project especially because of how enigmatic their chemistry was in Student of the Year.

Were a Heated Rivalry adaptation to be in the works, it seems that both of them are all ready.

This can't be random varun Dhawan is on full mission to get that bl movie with Siddharth Malhotra😭😭😭 https://t.co/5KOcXQphEw
— Y.🍓 (@teeradechcat) October 30, 2026

VARUN DHAWAN IS OFFICIALLY SIDHARTH MALHOTRA'S Y'ALL https://t.co/37eYKA9eCK
— 🥨 (@sidstheticcs) October 30, 2026

STOP PLAYING IN MY FACE https://t.co/XGVMjG1wwo
— s★nj (@starmouths) October 30, 2026

Sidharth Malhotra and Varun Dhawan casually playing in our faces and giving us crack when people are already feral over abhiro, ao3 is down and the Desi heated rivalry demands are at a fever pitch
— mono | hollanov (@BreezeMono92085) October 30, 2026

VARUN DHAWAN AGREED TO DO BOLLYWOOD HEATED RIVALRY & PICKED SIDHARTH MALHOTRA???? HELOOO???? I NEED EVERYONE TO UNDERSTAND THAT I AM NOT OKAY
— komolika (@Ichanpyaari) October 28, 2026

Student of the Year was released in 2012 and was directed by Karan Johar, who is also an openly gay filmmaker. The possibilities are endless for fans now because of how much appeal Abhimanyu and Rohan had and still continue to have. The film marked the debut of Varun Dhawan, Sidharth Malhotra and Alia Bhatt.