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Triptii Dimri revealed that while filming the intense romantic drama Dhadak 2, she and Aditya Thackeray created a lighthearted side-project they jokingly called Dhadak 3. Feeling left out of Siddhant Chaturvedi's action scenes, they improvised their own action sequences, even roping Siddhant in to be playfully defeated. Director Shazia Iqbal was initially confused by their antics during serious scene shoots.
While Dhadak 2 is being touted as a more intense, layered, and emotionally rich sequel to the 2018 romantic hit, it seems the mood on set wasn’t always all serious. Actress Triptii Dimri, who stars in the upcoming film alongside Siddhant Chaturvedi.
During an exclusive interview with ETimes she opened up about the behind-the-scenes antics that brought some unexpected levity to the shoot — including an impromptu side-project she jokingly calls Dhadak 3.
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In a candid and humorous revelation, Triptii shared how she and co-star Aditya Thackeray often found themselves on the sidelines while Siddhant was busy filming high-octane action scenes. "Siddhant used to have all these action scenes for the film," she said, recalling the slight envy — or as she calls it, “FOMO” — that she and Aditya felt.
"So me and my friend Aditya Thackeray — he’s also playing a friend in the film — we used to feel left out.
"What started as harmless banter soon evolved into full-on improvisation. "We were like, ‘Let’s just make our own film,’" Triptii laughed. "We would go in a corner and start making our own action film where we were fighting, pretending to shoot scenes." The funniest twist? Siddhant, the hero of the actual film, would sometimes join their mock scenes — only to end up on the losing side.
"Then he would join in, and we’d beat him up!" she joked.But not everyone on set was amused — at least not at first. Triptii recalled how director Shazia Iqbal would walk in on their spontaneous mini-movie-making with complete confusion. "She’d be like, ‘What the hell is going on? We are doing a serious scene here!’" Triptii said, grinning. Their response? "We told her, ‘We’re making Dhadak 3! Why haven’t you given us any action scenes?’"The film is set to release on August 1st, earlier it was supposed to be a solo release but it is now clashing with Ajay Devgn and Mrunal Thakur’s Son of Sardaar 2 . It was earlier supposed to release on August 25th but moved ahead because of the dream run of Mohit Suri, Ahaan Panday and Aneet Padda’s Saiyaara. The film with newcomers has already become the 5th biggest hit of 2025.