Varun Sharma (born 4 February 1990) is an Indian actor and comedian. Best known for playing "Choocha" in the ''Fukrey'' film series, he is known for his comic as well as supporting roles in various

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Education

Sharma completed his education at The Lawrence School in

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, later transferring to Apeejay School in

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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 ''Fukrey'' () is a 2013 Indian Hindi-language comedy thriller film, directed by Mrighdeep Singh Lamba, produced by Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani, and starring Pulkit Samrat, Manjot Singh, Varun Sharma, Ali Fazal, Priya Anand, Visha ...

'', directed by Mrighdeep Singh Lamba. It emerged as a commercial success with earnings of ₹49 crore (US$8.9 million) worldwide. 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

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's action romance '' Dilwale'' alongside

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, and

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, which broke several box office records and proved to be his highest-grossing release. The feature grossed over worldwide to emerge as one of Indian cinema's highest grossers. Sharma starred alongside Kriti Sanon and Late

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's reincarnation romance '' Raabta'' (2017). It received a negative response from critics and flopped at the box office. Later in 2017, Sharma starred in a sequel to ''Fukrey'', entitled ''

Fukrey Returns ''Fukrey Returns'' ( ''Slackers Return'') is a 2017 Indian Hindi-language comedy film directed by Mrighdeep Singh Lamba and produced by Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani. It is a sequel to the 2013 film ''Fukrey''. The film stars Pulkit Samrat ...

'', which was a major box office success with a worldwide gross of . In 2018, he appeared briefly alongside

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in the comedy '' FryDay''. In 2019, Sharma starred in '' Arjun Patiala'' alongside Sanon and

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, ''

Khandaani Shafakhana ''Khandaani Shafakhana'' () is a 2019 Indian Hindi-language comedy-drama film directed by debutante Shilpi Dasgupta, and starring Sonakshi Sinha and Badshah. The supporting cast includes Varun Sharma and Annu Kapoor. Principal photography b ...

'' alongside

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and

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, and '' Chhichhore'' alongside Sushant Singh Rajput and

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. 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 after that one was '' Roohi'' directed by Hardik Mehta and produced by Dinesh Vijan under the banner Maddock Films, which co-stars

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and

Janhvi Kapoor Janhvi Kapoor (born 6 March 1997) is an Indian actress who works in Hindi and Telugu language, Telugu films. Born to film actress Sridevi and producer Boney Kapoor, she made her acting debut in 2018 with the romantic drama ''Dhadak'', which w ...

. It released 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''.

Filmography

Awards and nominations

References

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