Claim: Varun Dhawan starred in the film Badlapur.

Badlapur is a 2015 Indian revenge drama film directed by Sriram Raghavan and produced by Dinesh Vijan and Sunil Lulla . The film stars Varun Dhawan and Nawazuddin Siddiqui , with Huma Qureshi , Yami Gautam , Vinay Pathak , Divya Dutta and Radhika Apte in supporting roles . The film was released on 20 February 2015 . Box Office India reported that Badlapur grossed approximately worldwide .   On January 11 , 2016 , The film was nominated for Best Film in the 61st Filmfare Awards , as well as other categories .