He was born on 4 February 1990 in Jalandhar, India. Varun made his acting debut in 2013 with the Farhan Akhtar’s production film Fukrey which was a super hit movie of Bollywood. In this movie, his acting was critically claimed and he got many offers to showcase his acting talent. He was last seen in the Bollywood romantic movie Dilwale in which he shared a screen with superhit Jodi Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol. Varun Dhawan and Kriti Sanon was also in a lead role in Dilwale movie.