Claim: Varun Dhawan is an actor.

Varun Dhawan -LRB- born 24 April 1987 -RRB- 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 .   Dhawan established himself in Bollywood by starring in the romance Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania -LRB- 2014 -RRB- and the dance film ABCD 2 -LRB- 2015 -RRB- , both of which earned over worldwide . He garnered a nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actor for portraying an avenger in the crime thriller Badlapur -LRB- 2015 -RRB- . Dhawan subsequently starred in the action drama Dilwale -LRB- 2015 -RRB- , the crime drama Dishoom -LRB- 2016 -RRB- , and the romantic comedy Badrinath Ki Dulhania -LRB- 2017 -RRB- ; the former ranks among the highest-grossing Bollywood films .