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Varun Dhawan (Pappu)
Actor
Born on 24th April, 1987
Make way for one of the youngest talents in the hindi film industry. The debonair and charming, Varun Dhawan! Fondly, known as 'Pappu', he is the son of the famous director, David Dhawan. Dhawan started his journey in Bollywood by assisting none other than Karan Johar, on one of his most ambitious movie, 'My Name Is Khan'. Subsequently, he was cast by Karan Johar in his romantic comedy movie titled 'Student of the Year' and made a grand Bollywood debut in the year 2012 along with two other debutants, Alia Bhatt and Sidharth Malhotra.
Dhawan showed his acting skills with Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhaniya (2014) and ABCD 2 (2015) where he received lot of positive reviews and hefty box office collections. In the former, he was cast as the main lead and he shouldered the responsibility extremely well by playing a lover boy, whereas in the latter, he showcased his dancing skills and charmed us all with his lovely acting. Thus, just by working in three movies, he announced to the world that a new talent has risen.
Later, he was seen in a different role that of an avenger in Sriram Raghavan's crime thriller 'Badlapur', in the year 2015. His performance was top class which could give many senior actors a run for their money. In late 2015, Varun got a chance to work with King Khan in a romantic comedy 'Dilwale'. Not many have been fortunate enough to work with him at such an early stage of their career. Varun Dhawan played his part in the movie extremely well. Thus, in a very short span of time, Varun Dhawan has established himself as an actor who can be banked upon.
Personal Details
Full Name: Varun Dhawan
Height: 5'8"
Weight: 70 Kilograms
Body Measurements: Chest- 43 inches, Waist- 30 inches, Biceps- 15 inches
Parents: David Dhawan and Karuna Dhawan
Sibling: Rohit Dhawan
Early Life
Varun Dhawan can be said to be born with a silver spoon with a very successful director, David Dhawan, as his father. He earned his Business Management degree from Nottingham Trent University, United Kingdom but, had his eyes set on being a Bollywood actor. So to get a hang of how a movie is made, he got back behind the camera as an assistant director to Karan Johar for his movie 'My Name Is Khan'. Consequently, he made his Bollywood debut in the movie 'Student of the Year' in the year 2012 and from thereon there was no looking back for the young lad. His debut movie showed his acting skills and he charmed one and all with his sweet and boyish looks.
Two years later, he had two movies, Main Tera Hero and 'Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhaniya'. In the former, he played the role of a college brat and enacted many comic scenes with utter ease which reminded one of Govinda. In the latter, he played the role of a flirtatious boy who falls in love with an engaged woman. He single handedly shouldered the movie and it went to become one of his biggest hits commercially. Also, he garnered lots of praise for his acting skills in both these movies.
Filmography & Acting Career
In the year 2015, Varun Dhawan was seen in 3 movies, with each movie completely different from the other. The first movie to be released was a crime thriller 'Badlapur', which showcased Varun as an avenger. He portrayed the character with much depth and gave a flawless performance. This movie gave Bollywood a talented actor in the form of Varun Dhawan and one who is seen riding the ladder of success at a brisk pace. Next was a dance based movie 'ABCD 2', where he showed his dancing skills and matched it with his acting. His third movie of the year was the multi-starrer 'Dilwale' which was not received well by the audience. However, it didn’t do much harm to his rising career graph.
Upcoming Movies: Dishoom, Badrinath Ki Dulhaniya
Biggest Hit Movies: With 4 or more movies, Varun Dhawan is probably among the only actor to have a 100% success rate when it comes to box office collections. So, below are his six movies arranged according to the collections where each of them has crossed the 50 crore mark:
Dilwale
ABCD 2
Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhaniya
Student Of The Year
Main Tera Hero
Badlapur
Hit Songs:
The Disco song from movie 'Student Of The Year'
Radha from the movie 'Student Of The Year'
Jeena Jeena from movie 'Badlapur'
Judaai from movie 'Badlapur'
Sun Saathiya from movie 'ABCD 2'
Samjhawan from movie 'Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhaniya'
Manma Emotion Jaage from movie 'Dilwale'
If You Hold My Hand from movie 'ABCD 2'
Tera Hero Idhar Hai from movie 'Main Tera Hero'
Jee Karda from movie 'Badlapur'
Awards
In his short acting stint, Varun Dhawan has established himself as a talented actor and in just four years, he has many nominations and awards to his name. He has been nominated for many awards under different categories and has won 7 awards, which is tremendous. The prominent ones being:
The BIG Star Entertainment Awards as a Most Entertaining Actor in A Thriller as well as in an Action film for the movie 'Badlapur'
Star Guild Awards for Best Actor in a Comic Role for the movie 'Main Tera Hero'
Controversies
Varun Dhawan has been embroiled in many controversies in his short period as a Bollywood actor. They are:
Maggi controversy – Apparently, the actor quoted on the lawsuits filed against brand ambassadors for endorsing Maggi. He said, 'I don't foresee something like this happening to me as I am associated with reputed brands.’ It is unclear that by making this statement what did he want to convey. But nonetheless, it did not go too well with the brand ambassadors of Maggi.
Varun - Alia rift – After concluding his stage performance, he ran up to his friend Sidharth Malhotra and hugged him but completely ignored Alia, who was sitting right next to Sidharth.
Sohail – Varun slapgate – There were reports of Sohail Khan slapping Varun Dhawan but both of them have denied it.
Radhika Apte’s confession – After working with Varun in the movie ‘Badlapur’, Radhika was seen saying that his compliments as well as his criticism means a lot to her and that they share a very special relation.
Other Information
Brand Ambassador: Varun Dhawan is one such actor who has done plenty of endorsements in a short span of time. With every movie release, his popularity is rising and he seems to be earning people's trust. This probably explains why he has signed a wide range of endorsement deals. Following are the companies and products for which he has worked or is working as a brand ambassador:
Big Bazaar
Campus Shoes
Gatsby Hair Gel
Maaza
Mahindra KUV 100
Panasonic Mobile Phones
Philips Men's Shavers
Ponds Men's Face Wash
Skybags
WeChatApart from the above, he is also the Brand Ambassador for the Indian Super League Football team 'FC Goa'.
Contribution in social Causes:
The young actor is still not much into donating and contributing to social causes, but in 2013 he did a stage performance along with his other co-stars to raise funds for the flood affected victims in Uttarakhand.
Official Social Accounts:
Twitter - @Varun_dvn
Facebook -
https://www.facebook.com/VarunDhawan.co/
Instagram - @varundvn
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