{
  "id": 5594809,
  "title": "'Hai Papa Director To Actor Hona Hi Hai': Samay Raina Takes Dig At Varun Dhawan's Hai Jawani Toh Ishq Hona Hai On India's Got Latent 2- VIDEO",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/hai-papa-director-to-actor-hona-hi-hai-samay-raina-takes-dig-at-varun",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-04T15:55:41.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/entertainment/hai-papa-director-to-actor-hona-hi-hai-samay-raina-takes-dig-at-varun-dhawans-hai-jawani-toh-ishq-hona-hai-on-indias-got-latent-2-video"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "In the latest episode of India's Got Talent Latent Season 2, comedian Samay Raina took a shot at actor Varun Dhawan. Samay roasted Varun's recent films and playfully mocked him regarding his performance in Border 2. Following the episode, Varun Dhawan jokingly replied that he knew something would go off after watching season one of the show.",
  "summary": "Samay Raina 'cooked' Varun Dhawan in the latest episode of India's Got Latent Season 2. From roasting Varun's recent films to taking an indirect dig at nepotism, several clips from the episode went viral on social media. Samay's “Hai papa director to actor hona hi hai” remark aimed at Varun quickly caught attention online. But that wasn't all, he also took a hilarious jibe at Varun's Border 2,…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Indian Express",
        "title": "Samay Raina’s latest Latent episode gets 61 mn on YouTube, not even 1 mn on Netflix",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/samay-rainas-latest-latent-episode-gets-61-mn-on-youtube-not-even-1",
        "published": "2026-09-04T09:16:06.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Free Press Journal",
        "title": "'Let Me Do Shows In Ahmedabad': Samay Raina Pleads To Authorities In India's Got Latent 2 Episode 6 Amid Permission Issues; Varun Dhawan Offers Help",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/let-me-do-shows-in-ahmedabad-samay-raina-pleads-to-authorities-in",
        "published": "2026-09-04T14:51:05.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}