Varun Dhawan 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 a Filmfare nomination for Best Male Debut. In 2014, he played leading roles in the comedies
Main Tera Hero and
Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania. The following year, Dhawan played an avenger in Sriram Raghavan's crime thriller
Badlapur and starred in the dance film
ABCD 2.