Actor

Varun Dhawan

30 credited titles on WatchWise

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.

Varun Dhawan in one minute

Upcoming

Hai Jawani Toh Ishq Hona Hai

Budget ₹55 cr

Strongest genre

Comedy

₹677 cr · 71% hit rate

Biggest hit

Judwaa 2

₹290 cr

Standout efficiency

3.5x

Judwaa 2 · gross ÷ budget

Commercial performance

Associated lifetime gross

₹975 cr

Combined reported budget

₹554 cr

Gross / budget

1.8x

Bankability Index

27 / 100

All figures are associated, not attributed — box-office numbers are sourced from TMDB and Wikipedia (reused under CC BY-SA), shown in ₹ crore, and weighted by billing prominence. Coverage varies by title; figures are estimates, not audited trade data.