Varun Dhawan

Varun Dhawan is an Indian actor working in Bollywood films. The son of film director David Dhawan, he studied Business Management in England, 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, a box office success, for which he received a Filmfare nomination for Best Male Debut. In 2014, he starred as the protagonist of two commercially successful comedies— Main Tera Hero and Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania.

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Student of the Year (2012)

Several alumni reminisce about their final year at St. Theresa's College and the events that shaped their lives.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Karan Johar
CAST:  Sidharth Malhotra  •  Varun Dhawan  •  Alia Bhatt  •  Rishi Kapoor

Several alumni reminisce about their final year at St. Theresa's College and the events that shaped their lives.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Karan Johar
CAST:  Sidharth Malhotra  •  Varun Dhawan  •  Alia Bhatt  •  Rishi Kapoor

Main Tera Hero (2014)

Seenu loves Sunaina but they're chased by a stalking cop, an infatuated beauty and her mafia don dad - can Seenu's heroics work?  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Dhawan
CAST:  Ileana D'Cruz  •  Nargis Fakhri  •  Varun Dhawan  •  Salman Khan

Seenu loves Sunaina but they're chased by a stalking cop, an infatuated beauty and her mafia don dad - can Seenu's heroics work?  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Dhawan
CAST:  Ileana D'Cruz  •  Nargis Fakhri  •  Varun Dhawan  •  Salman Khan

ABCD 2 (2015)

Childhood friends Suresh and Vinnie want to become successful dancers. To fulfill their dreams, they form a dance group with their friends and compete in a hip-hop contest in Las Vegas.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Remo D'Souza
CAST:  Varun Dhawan  •  Shraddha Kapoor  •  Prabhu Deva  •  Lauren Gottlieb

Childhood friends Suresh and Vinnie want to become successful dancers. To fulfill their dreams, they form a dance group with their friends and compete in a hip-hop contest in Las Vegas.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Remo D'Souza
CAST:  Varun Dhawan  •  Shraddha Kapoor  •  Prabhu Deva  •  Lauren Gottlieb

Badlapur (2015)

After his wife and son are killed, a young man finds out the man behind the murder and fights against him, along committing some big mistakes.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sriram Raghavan
CAST:  Varun Dhawan  •  Nawazuddin Siddiqui  •  Huma Qureshi  •  Yami Gautam

After his wife and son are killed, a young man finds out the man behind the murder and fights against him, along committing some big mistakes.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sriram Raghavan
CAST:  Varun Dhawan  •  Nawazuddin Siddiqui  •  Huma Qureshi  •  Yami Gautam

Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania (2014)

A girl from Ambala, Kavya Pratap Singh, is about to be married. When she visits Delhi to shop for her 'dhai lakh ka Ghagra'(wedding dress worth Rs. 2.5 Lakh), she meets Humpty Sharma, a carefree Delhiite, and falls in love with him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shashank Khaitan
CAST:  Varun Dhawan  •  Alia Bhatt  •  Ashutosh Rana  •  Sidharth Shukla

A girl from Ambala, Kavya Pratap Singh, is about to be married. When she visits Delhi to shop for her 'dhai lakh ka Ghagra'(wedding dress worth Rs. 2.5 Lakh), she meets Humpty Sharma, a carefree Delhiite, and falls in love with him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shashank Khaitan
CAST:  Varun Dhawan  •  Alia Bhatt  •  Ashutosh Rana  •  Sidharth Shukla

Dishoom (2016)

When India's top cricketer is kidnapped in the Middle East, a loose cannon and a rookie cop are tasked with finding him before the high-stakes match with Pakistan.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rohit Dhawan
CAST:  John Abraham  •  Varun Dhawan  •  Jacqueline Fernandez  •  Akshaye Khanna

When India's top cricketer is kidnapped in the Middle East, a loose cannon and a rookie cop are tasked with finding him before the high-stakes match with Pakistan.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rohit Dhawan
CAST:  John Abraham  •  Varun Dhawan  •  Jacqueline Fernandez  •  Akshaye Khanna

Dilwale (2015)

Raj is a Mafia member. One day he meet a girl (Meera) while chasing by his rival gang and falls in love with her. Later he finds out that this girl is the daughter of the leader of his rival gang. Yet their love story continues until he was shot by his girlfriend ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rohit Shetty
CAST:  Shah Rukh Khan  •  Kajol  •  Varun Dhawan  •  Kriti Sanon

Raj is a Mafia member. One day he meet a girl (Meera) while chasing by his rival gang and falls in love with her. Later he finds out that this girl is the daughter of the leader of his rival gang. Yet their love story continues until he was shot by his girlfriend ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rohit Shetty
CAST:  Shah Rukh Khan  •  Kajol  •  Varun Dhawan  •  Kriti Sanon

Welcome to New York (2018)

Recovery agent Teji and fashion designer Jinal dream of making it big in showbiz. Both win a ticket to a popular awards show in New York where they get a chance to showcase their talent. However, they soon realise that they are mere pawns in the hands of event ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Chakri Toleti
CAST:  Sonakshi Sinha  •  Diljit Dosanjh  •  Karan Johar  •  Lara Dutta

Recovery agent Teji and fashion designer Jinal dream of making it big in showbiz. Both win a ticket to a popular awards show in New York where they get a chance to showcase their talent. However, they soon realise that they are mere pawns in the hands of event ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Chakri Toleti
CAST:  Sonakshi Sinha  •  Diljit Dosanjh  •  Karan Johar  •  Lara Dutta

Judwaa 2 (2017)

Separated at birth and peculiarly connected via their reflexes, twins Prem and Raja are reunited with each other as they set out to take down the underground smuggling world.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Dhawan
CAST:  Varun Dhawan  •  Jacqueline Fernandez  •  Taapsee Pannu  •  Anupam Kher

Separated at birth and peculiarly connected via their reflexes, twins Prem and Raja are reunited with each other as they set out to take down the underground smuggling world.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Dhawan
CAST:  Varun Dhawan  •  Jacqueline Fernandez  •  Taapsee Pannu  •  Anupam Kher

Badrinath Ki Dulhania (2017)

Badrinath is looking for a typical bride; Vaidehi is looking for an independent life. Together they must break with tradition and redefine their role  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shashank Khaitan
CAST:  Varun Dhawan  •  Alia Bhatt  •  Shweta Basu Prasad  •  Gauahar Khan

Badrinath is looking for a typical bride; Vaidehi is looking for an independent life. Together they must break with tradition and redefine their role  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shashank Khaitan
CAST:  Varun Dhawan  •  Alia Bhatt  •  Shweta Basu Prasad  •  Gauahar Khan

October (2018)

Dan, a 21-year-old carefree boy is always surrounded by a bunch of friends and fellow hotel interns who feed off each other's everyday moments, their ups and downs. Shiuli is also an intern working in the same hotel, who at times is at a receiving end of Dan's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shoojit Sircar
CAST:  Varun Dhawan  •  Banita Sandhu  •  Gitanjali Rao  •  Sahil Vedoliyaa

Dan, a 21-year-old carefree boy is always surrounded by a bunch of friends and fellow hotel interns who feed off each other's everyday moments, their ups and downs. Shiuli is also an intern working in the same hotel, who at times is at a receiving end of Dan's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shoojit Sircar
CAST:  Varun Dhawan  •  Banita Sandhu  •  Gitanjali Rao  •  Sahil Vedoliyaa

Sui Dhaaga - Made in India (2018)

Mauji stays in a village near Delhi with his wife Mamta, father and mother. Varun works at a shop that sells sewing machines, owned by Bansal and his son Prashant. Both have a habit of ill-treating Mauji and make him do fun antics. When Prashant gets married, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sharat Katariya
CAST:  Anushka Sharma  •  Raghubir Yadav  •  Varun Dhawan  •  Yamini Das

Mauji stays in a village near Delhi with his wife Mamta, father and mother. Varun works at a shop that sells sewing machines, owned by Bansal and his son Prashant. Both have a habit of ill-treating Mauji and make him do fun antics. When Prashant gets married, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sharat Katariya
CAST:  Anushka Sharma  •  Raghubir Yadav  •  Varun Dhawan  •  Yamini Das

Kalank (2019)

Set in 1945, in Pre-Independent India, the elite, opulent and solemn world of the Chaudhry family, and the wild, mysterious and musical underbelly of the town, Hira Mandi, clash when Roop Chaudhry encounters Zafar, a daredevil from Hira Mandi, unleashing ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Abhishek Varman
CAST:  Sanjay Dutt  •  Madhuri Dixit  •  Alia Bhatt  •  Varun Dhawan

Set in 1945, in Pre-Independent India, the elite, opulent and solemn world of the Chaudhry family, and the wild, mysterious and musical underbelly of the town, Hira Mandi, clash when Roop Chaudhry encounters Zafar, a daredevil from Hira Mandi, unleashing ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Abhishek Varman
CAST:  Sanjay Dutt  •  Madhuri Dixit  •  Alia Bhatt  •  Varun Dhawan

Coolie No. 1 (2020)

Insulted by Rosario, a rich businessman, Jai Kishen a Matchmaker teaches him a lesson by getting his daughter married to Raju, a Coolie, who poses to be a millionaire. They sense something fishy and Raju's deceptions are discovered. In an attempt to cover it up, he ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Dhawan
CAST:  Varun Dhawan  •  Sara Ali Khan  •  Paresh Rawal  •  Rajpal Yadav

Insulted by Rosario, a rich businessman, Jai Kishen a Matchmaker teaches him a lesson by getting his daughter married to Raju, a Coolie, who poses to be a millionaire. They sense something fishy and Raju's deceptions are discovered. In an attempt to cover it up, he ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Dhawan
CAST:  Varun Dhawan  •  Sara Ali Khan  •  Paresh Rawal  •  Rajpal Yadav

Street Dancer 3D (2020)

Two rival dance groups from India and Pakistan who are always competing against each other, join forces when it comes to competing at an international dance competition.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Remo D'Souza
CAST:  Shraddha Kapoor  •  Varun Dhawan  •  Prabhu Deva  •  Punit Pathak

Two rival dance groups from India and Pakistan who are always competing against each other, join forces when it comes to competing at an international dance competition.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Remo D'Souza
CAST:  Shraddha Kapoor  •  Varun Dhawan  •  Prabhu Deva  •  Punit Pathak

Biwi No. 1

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DIRECTION:  David Dhawan
CAST:  Varun Dhawan  •  Alia Bhatt  •  Jacqueline Fernandez  •  Anil Kapoor

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DIRECTION:  David Dhawan
CAST:  Varun Dhawan  •  Alia Bhatt  •  Jacqueline Fernandez  •  Anil Kapoor

Shaadi No. 1

Official remake of film Shaadi No. 1 (2005)  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Dhawan
CAST:  Varun Dhawan  •  Vicky Kaushal  •  Himansh Kohli  •  Alia Bhatt

Official remake of film Shaadi No. 1 (2005)  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Dhawan
CAST:  Varun Dhawan  •  Vicky Kaushal  •  Himansh Kohli  •  Alia Bhatt

JugJugg Jeeyo (2022)

A marriage. A re-marriage. A pending divorce. It's been five years since Kukoo and Nainaa got married after knowing each other practically all their lives, and now they need to break it to their family that they want a divorce. Kukoo's parents, Bheem and Geeta, a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Raj Mehta
CAST:  Kiara Advani  •  Varun Dhawan  •  Anil Kapoor  •  Neetu Singh

A marriage. A re-marriage. A pending divorce. It's been five years since Kukoo and Nainaa got married after knowing each other practically all their lives, and now they need to break it to their family that they want a divorce. Kukoo's parents, Bheem and Geeta, a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Raj Mehta
CAST:  Kiara Advani  •  Varun Dhawan  •  Anil Kapoor  •  Neetu Singh

Antim: The Final Truth (2021)

A farmer's son is forced to leave the village and move to the city, where he soon becomes a dreaded gangster and crosses paths with a fearless cop determined to eliminate criminals.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mahesh Manjrekar
CAST:  Salman Khan  •  Aayush Sharma  •  Mahima Makwana  •  Jisshu Sengupta

A farmer's son is forced to leave the village and move to the city, where he soon becomes a dreaded gangster and crosses paths with a fearless cop determined to eliminate criminals.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mahesh Manjrekar
CAST:  Salman Khan  •  Aayush Sharma  •  Mahima Makwana  •  Jisshu Sengupta

Bhediya (2022)

Inspired by legendary folklore rooted in Arunachal Pradesh, Bhediya tells the story of Bhaskar, a man who gets bitten by a mythical wolf and begins to transform into the creature himself. As Bhaskar and his ragtag buddies try to find answers, he is worried that the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Amar Kaushik
CAST:  Varun Dhawan  •  Kriti Sanon  •  Deepak Dobriyal  •  Abhishek Banerjee

Inspired by legendary folklore rooted in Arunachal Pradesh, Bhediya tells the story of Bhaskar, a man who gets bitten by a mythical wolf and begins to transform into the creature himself. As Bhaskar and his ragtag buddies try to find answers, he is worried that the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Amar Kaushik
CAST:  Varun Dhawan  •  Kriti Sanon  •  Deepak Dobriyal  •  Abhishek Banerjee
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