Varun Dhawan has turned 27 today. He is the son of Indian film director, David Dhawan and Karuna Dhawan. He went to the United Kingdom to study Business Management from Nottingham Trent University.
He is known for his pranks and humour on the sets and is one of the most sought after actors in the industry.
Varun's onscreen ladylove star Ileana D'Cruz revealed that he is super obsessed with his hair and he takes more time to get ready than girls.
After making a smashing acting debut with Karan Johar's 'Student of The Year', he went on to do second film, 'Main Tera Hero' which again got him a new high.
Before starting off as an actor, Varun was an assistant director to his father, David Dhawan. He also assisted Karan Johar in his 2010 film, 'My Name is Khan'.
Varun tweeted, "Just got my @DabbooRatnani picture and put it up on my wall. A lil strange looking at my self looking back at me." He made a great debut in Karan Johar's 'Student of the Year', which brought him into the limelight.
Varun got star-struck when he met the God of Cricket. He uploaded a bat with Sachin's autograph on twitter. Both of them share the same birthdays as well.
Varun Dhawan is quite close to his brother Rohit Dhawan, who is already an accomplished director in the Hindi film industry. The Desi Boyz director has been a pillar of support for both father and son. Varun also stated in his interviews that Rohit
He is known to strictly follow his workout schedule. As a child, wrestling was his biggest passion. All his hopes of becoming a wrestler went down the proverbial drain when he discovered that the Rock (Dwayne Johnson) quit wrestling and became a
Varun Dhawan is nicknamed 'Pappu' by his father. Varun Dhawan has admitted to being a troublemaker as a child. In one of his media interviews he shared that he was ‘always naughty and up to some pranks’ in his childhood as well.
While studying at the university he worked as a leaflet distributor for nightclubs. According to certain media reports, he even confessed to doing "many crazy things" while he was studying there.