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Varun Dhawan
ActorBirth DetailsApril 24, 1987 | Mumbai
NationalityIndian
LeagueCelebrity
EducationDegree in Business Management, Nottingham Trent University, United Kingdom
Varun Dhawan’s Journey so far ...
Before you go ...
- Being a fervent follower of WWE, Varun Dhawan wanted to become a wrestler as a child but was eventually drawn towards the world of cinema
- He began his career in the Hindi film industry as an assistant director in the Shah Rukh Khan-starrer My Name Is Khan (2010), which was directed by Karan Johar
- Dhawan debuted as a leading actor with the 2012 movie Student of the Year, which also marked the debut of Alia Bhatt and Siddharth Malhotra
- In 2014, he was cast as the main lead in the movies Main Tera Hero and Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhaniya. Both were successful at the box-office
- After playing some romantic characters, Dhawan next played a serious character, opposite Nawazuddin Siddiqui, in the 2015 thriller Badlapur. He got a Filmfare nod in the best actor category for his role in the movie
- In 2015, he also appeared in the dance flick ABCD 2, in which he was paired with Shraddha Kapoor, and in Rohit Shetty’s comedy-drama Dilwale
- In 2016, he played a cop in the action drama Dishoom which also had John Abraham and Jacqueline Fernandez playing pivotal roles
- Dhawan got his second best actor Filmfare nomination for his work in the 2017 movie Badrinath Ki Dulhania
- Widely known for being the actor who’s yet to deliver a box-office flop, some of Dhawan’s other successful films include the 2017 production Judwaa 2, the 2018 movies October and Sui Dhaaga - Made In India and the 2020 movie Coolie No 1
Before you go ...
- His father David Dhawan is a well-known film-maker in the Hindi film industry
- Dhawan is reportedly a big fan of the former WWE superstar and Hollywood actor Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson
- He shares his birthday with the cricketing legend Sachin Tendulkar
- After several years of (alleged) courtship, Dhawan tied the knot with his childhood friend and fashion designer Natasha Dalal at a low-key function in Mumbai
- The Hindi film actor Arjun Kapoor was his batchmate while attending Barry John’s acting academy
Last Updated: 27/09/2021
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