Varun Sharma (born 4 February 1990) is an Indian actor and comedian.

Varun Sharma
Sharma in 2020
Born	(1990-02-04) 4 February 1990 (age 32) Jalandhar, Punjab, India
Nationality	Indian
Alma mater	The Lawrence School, Sanawar
Occupation	Actor, comedian
Years active	2013–present

Education

He began his studies at The Lawrence School in Sanawar, later transferring to Apeejay School in Jalandhar to complete Class 11 and 12. He obtained a bachelor's degree in Media, Entertainment and Film Technology from ITFT Chandigarh.

Career

In 2013, Sharma appeared in his first Bollywood film, the comedy-drama Fukrey, directed by Mrighdeep Singh Lamba. It emerged as a commercial success with earnings of ₹700 million (US$8.8 million) worldwide.^{[citation needed]}

In 2015, Sharma first appeared in Abhishek Dogra's comedy Dolly Ki Doli and successful romantic comedy Kis Kisko Pyaar Karoon, co-starring Kapil Sharma, came next. His final film of the year was Rohit Shetty's action romance Dilwale alongside Shah Rukh Khan, Varun Dhawan, Kajol, and Kriti Sanon, which broke several box office records and proved to be his highest-grossing release.^{[citation needed]} The feature grossed over ₹4 billion (US$50 million) worldwide to emerge as one of Indian cinema's highest grossers.^{[citation needed]}

Varun starred alongside Kriti Sanon and Late Sushant Singh Rajput in Dinesh Vijan's reincarnation romance Raabta (2017). It received a negative response from critics and flopped at the box office.^{[citation needed]} Later in 2017, Sharma starred in a sequel to Fukrey, entitled Fukrey Returns, which was a major box office success with a worldwide gross of ₹1 billion (US$13 million).^{[citation needed]}

In 2018, he appeared briefly alongside Govinda in the comedy FryDay. In 2019, Sharma starred in Arjun Patiala alongside Sanon and Diljit Dosanjh, Khandaani Shafakhana alongside Sonakshi Sinha and Badshah, and Chhichhore alongside Sushant Singh Rajput and Shraddha Kapoor.

In 2020, Varun has also been seen as the host for Flipkart Video's (OTT video streaming platform owned by Flipkart) comedy show, Sab Se Funny Kaun.

His next film is Roohi Afzana, directed by Hardik Mehta and produced by Dinesh Vijan under the banner Maddock Films,[1] which co-stars Rajkummar Rao and Janhvi Kapoor is slated to release in 2021. After the release of Roohi, news are floating about Varun Sharma's manager late Disha Salian's name has been credited at the end credits as Disha had managed Varun throughout the shooting of Roohi.[2]

Filmography

Key

Denotes films and series that have not yet been released

Year	Film	Role	Reference
2013	Fukrey	Dilip "Choocha" Singh
	Rabba Main Kya Karoon	Gagan
	Warning	Anshul Pandey
2014	Yaaran Da Katchup	Fateh King
2015	Angrej	Young Man
	Dolly Ki Doli	Manjot Chaddha
	Kis Kisko Pyaar Karoon	Karan
	Dilwale	Sidhu Yamatra
2017	Raabta	Radha
	Fukrey Returns	Dilip "Chucha" Singh
2018	FryDay	Rajiv Chabbra
2019	Arjun Patiala	Onida Singh
	Khandaani Shafakhana	Bhooshit Bedi
	Chhichhore	Gurmeet "Sexa" Singh Dhillon
2020	Jai Mummy Di	Cameo appearance as Young Sanju
2021	Roohi	Kattanni Qureshi
	Chutzpah	Vikas Bhalla	Web Series
2022	Cirkus	Mava	Filming
2023	"Fukrey 3"	Dilip "Chucha" Singh	Filming[3]

Awards and nominations

References

External links

• Varun Sharma at IMDb