Varun Dhawan defends Priyanka Chopra in dress row, says she has made India proud

Coming out in support of Priyanka Chopra, who is facing backlash for wearing a “short” dress while meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Varun Dhawan said everyone must be proud of the actor.

Priyanka, who met Modi in Berlin yesterday, uploaded a picture with the PM on social media, where she was trolled for wearing a knee-length dress that showed her legs.

The 34-year-old model-turned-actor was in Berlin to promote her debut Hollywood film Baywatch. “She is someone we all should be proud of in our country...she is making our country proud abroad. All this is very stupid and social media trolling is not something that needs to become a national issue,” Varun said.

Unfazed by the trolling, the Quantico actor later posted a picture of her and her mother wearing a short dress and captioned it: “Legs for the day...”