There is a generation of aspiring actors who look up to Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan to learn from his on-off screen charisma. And Bollywood newbie Varun Dhawan is no different.

Filmmaker David Dhawan's younger son Varun is making a debut under SRK's co-production 'Student of the Year' that is co-produced and directed by his buddy Karan Johar.

Varun who assisted Karan on 'My Name Is Khan' recently confessed that throughout the making of the film, he learnt a lot from SRK just by observing him.

"During that film, his script used to be scribbled with notes. I used to take the scripts to him and ask him what it is? It were all his references, his homework. So we could just learn by looking at him," said Varun.

He quoted that SRK is an institution in his own entity, "He is an institution of acting, the way he functions, the way he goes about doing his work, you could just learn by looking at him. He used to prepare his lines and then suddenly he used to start talking 'You should come early, see the props, touch things and feel them, look at your surroundings'," added Varun.

The film which also stars other newcomers like Siddharth Malhotra and Alia Bhatt in the lead roles is slated to release on October 19.