Varun Dhawan follows SRK's example, introduces 'October' ladies before himself

Years back, Shah Rukh Khan made it a norm in every film of his to have his female-co-stars name featured before his in the opening sequence of the film. In Bollywood, the common parlance is to feature the male actor's name in the title sequence followed by the female protagonist's name. But things seem to be changing as Varun Dhawan, following the footsteps of SRK, had the names of his female co-stars appear before his name in the opening credit sequence of his latest film October.
His name not only takes the billing after Banita Sandhu but appears after Gitanjali Rao's name — the actress who plays Banita’s mother in the film.

The actor said that it just 'felt right'to do so. "It is just something I felt was right. Banita plays Shiuli, the character around whom the film revolves. And, Gitanjali as her mother deserves just as much prominence. They are the stars of the film. The other stars of October are screenwriter Juhi Chaturvedi and director Shoojit Sircar. If I had my way I’d have placed my name after theirs, too, in the credits. They’re the real stars of October," Varun was quoted as saying to a leading daily.

The actor though states this is not merely a token gesture. "I do respond to all that is happening in the country, especially atrocities against women and children, which are intolerable to me and should be for any conscientious Indian. I speak out about issues on Twitter. But, I don’t think that’s enough. I do other things to express my solidarity with the campaign to protect women and children. But, I don’t like to talk about these things.”

The actor, recently, along with a lot of other Bollywood stars, demanded strict punishment for the perpetrators behind the spine-chilling rape and murder of an 8-year-old girl in Kathua, Jammu and Kashmir.