Varun Dhawan is an Indian actor. He was born on 24 April 1987 in Mumbai, Maharashtra. He completed his schooling from Bombay Scottish School, Mumbai. He holds a bachelor’s degree in business management from Nottingham Trent University, England. 

Varun is the son of famous Bollywood director David Dhawan. His mother’s name is Karuna Dhawan. He has a brother, Rohit Dhawan who is also a director. 

Varun is married to Natasha Dalal.

Varun’s favourites

Varun’s hobbies are dancing, swimming and reading. 

He likes to eat chicken, cheesecake and mishti doi. 

His favourite actors are Govinda, Dwayne Johnson, Priyanka Chopra, Preity Zinta and Angelina Jolie.

Some of Varun’s favourite movies are, Guide, Kaagaz Ke Phool, Rang De Basanti, Kuch Kuch Hota Hota, Raja Babu and American Psycho.

He loves the song ‘Yaad Aa Rahi Hai Teri’ from ‘Love Story 1981’, and ‘November Rain’ by Guns n Roses.

Varun’s favourite musicians are Drake, The Killers and The Durs.

Soccer is his favourite sport. 

He loves the fragrances by Gucci.

His favourite colours are red and black.

Varun frequently visits Shiv Sagar restaurant in Mumbai. 

His favourite travelling destinations are Maldives and United Arab Emirates.

Varun owns Audi Q7 car, Royal Enfield bike and Polaris Khiladi 850 trade bike. 

He earns Rs 8 to 10 crore for one film. 

Interesting facts about Varun

Varun was a bright student and scored 82% marks in class 10th. He was athletic and often came first in running competitions. 

Varun suffered from obesity when he was a kid. 

When Varun was living in the United States for his studies, he worked as a card dealer in nightclubs.

Varun is a big fan of wrestler Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. 

Arjun Kapoor and Varun Dhawan learned acting skills from ‘Barry John's acting school’, during which they worked in a short film ‘White Mountain’.

In 2010, before making his Bollywood debut, he worked as an assistant director on Karan Johar's film ‘My Name is Khan’.

Varun’s debut

In the year 2012, Varun Dhawan made his debut with Karan Johar’s ‘Student of the Year’. Alia Bhatt and Siddharth Malhotra were his co-actors. 

In 2013, he received the Lion Gold Favourite Debut (Male) award for his debut film. 

His 2015 film ‘Badlapur’ was highly appreciated by the critics. This film was also commercially successful. The film was based on a real incident.

Varun Dhawan's birthday coincides with that of his favourite cricket player Sachin Tendulkar, which is 24th April.

Varun has diabetes hence he always avoids alcohol and sweet foods.

He wants to play the role of a soldier in movies. 

Varun Dhawan married his longtime partner Natasha Dalal in the year 2021. She is a fashion designer. 

Varun’s filmography 

Some of Varun Dhawan’s popular films are, Main Tera Hero (2014), Judwaa 2 (2017), Badrinath Ki Dulhania (2017), Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhaniya, Dishoom (2016), Badlapur (2015), October (2018), Kalank (2019), ABCD 2 (2015) and Jugjugg Jeeyo (2022). 

Varun Dhawan’s recent films ‘Bhediya’ and ‘Bawaal’ were not as successful.

His 2023 film ‘Bawaal’ received criticism for questionable dialogues regarding the holocaust.