2026Winner
Best Performance
Border 2
Varun Dhawan
Actor · Director · Writer
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
April 24, 1987
Biography
Varun Dhawan is an Indian actor working in Bollywood films. The son of film director David Dhawan, he studied Business Management in England, 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, a box office success, for which he received a Filmfare nomination for Best Male Debut. In 2014, he starred as the protagonist of two commercially successful comedies— Main Tera Hero and Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
2010Winner
Best Director
My Name Is Khan
2026Nominee
Best Performance
Hai Jawani Toh Ishq Hona Hai
Career Highlights
2025Highlight
Best Performance
Thamma
2023Highlight
Best Performance
Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani
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Border 2
My Name Is Khan
Hai Jawani Toh Ishq Hona Hai