Varun Dhawan (born 24 April 1987) is an Indian actor who appears in Hindi films. The son of film director David Dhawan, he studied Business Management from the Nottingham Trent University, after which he worked as an assistant director to Karan Johar on the 2010 drama My Name Is Khan. Dhawan made his acting debut with Johar's 2012 romantic comedy Student of the Year, for which he received praise and a Filmfare nomination for Best Male Debut. Dhawan established himself in Bollywood by starring in the romance Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania (2014) and the dance film ABCD 2 (2015), both of which earned over ₹1 billion (US$15 million) worldwide. He garnered critical acclaim and a nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actor for portraying an avenger in the crime thriller Badlapur (2015). Subsequently, he starred in the romantic drama Dilwale (2015) and the crime-drama Dishoom (2016), the former of which rank among the highest-grossing Bollywood films of all time.
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