Varun Dhawan (born 24 April 1987) is an Indian actor who appears in Bollywood films. The son of film director David Dhawan.
He has a degree in business management from Nottingham University, UK. Varun worked as assistant director to Karan Johar in ‘My Name Is Khan’ prior to his acting debut.
Varun Dhawan made his acting debut with Karan Johar’s 2012 romantic comedy ‘Student of the Year’, along with Sidharth Malhotra and Alia Bhatt.
In 2014, he played leading roles in the comedies Main Tera Hero and Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania, both of which were commercially successful.
The following year, Dhawan played an avenger in Sriram Raghavan's crime thriller Badlapur.
He is working on ABCD2. Dhawan has completed work on a sequel to the dance film ABCD: Any Body Can Dance, entitled ABCD 2, co-starring Shraddha Kapoor in which he portrays the real life character of Suresh Mukund, a dancer from Mumbai who wins the 2012 World Hip Hop Dance Championship.
Dilwale is an upcoming Indian comedy-drama film directed by Rohit Shetty and Varun as a lead role. He is filming alongside Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol and Kriti Sanon.