Varun Dhawan

Varun Dhawan (born 24 April 1987) is an Indian actor in Bollywood Industry. 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 a Filmfare nomination for Best Male Debut. In 2014, he played leading roles in the comedies Main Tera Hero & Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania. The following year, Dhawan played an avenger in Sriram Raghavan's crime thriller Badlapur & starred in the dance film ABCD 2. Alongside his acting career,Dhawan performs on stage and has co-hosted two award ceremonies. In 2013, he performed at the Filmfare, Screen, and Stardust award ceremonies, and at an event in Hong Kong. He hosted the 2013 Stardust Awards ceremony with Sidharth Malhotra and Ayushmann Khurrana, and a segment of the 59th Filmfare Awards. He was also part of the 20th Screen Awards, co-hosting the show alongside Shahrukh Khan and Richa Chadda. In 2013, Dhawan performed at a special event alongside Sidharth Malhotra, Alia Bhatt, Aditya Roy Kapur, Shraddha Kapoor and Huma Qureshi to raise funds for the flood-affected victims of Uttarakhand. As of July 2015, Dhawan is filming alongside Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol & Kriti Sanon for Dilwale a comedy-drama from director Rohit Shetty. He is also filming for his brother, Rohit's action drama Dishoom, alongside John Abraham and Jacqueline Fernandez. In addition, Dhawan will star with Alia Bhatt in Karan Malhotra's drama Shuddhi.