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    Varun DhawanVarun Dhawan/Twitter
  • Varun Dhawan
    Varun DhawanVarun Dhawan/Twitter

Varun Dhawan, who made his acting debut with Karan Johar's "Student of the Year" in 2012, is celebrating his 28th birthday on Friday, 24 April 2015.

The actor, who has just acted in four films, including "Main Tera Hero", "Humpty Sharma ki Dulhania" and "Badlapur", will be next seen in Remo D'Souza's "ABCD 2" and Rohit Shetty's "Dilwale".

Check out some lesser known facts about the "Badlapur" actor below:

1. Varun is a big fan of Dwayne Johnson aka The Rock.

To suprise of the "ABCD 2" actor, his fans continuosuly requested Johnson to wish him on his birthday. After receiving so many requests, the "Furious 7" actor wished Varun in advance.

Following this, Varun also thanked Johnson and his fans for this big surprise.

2. Varun is a graduate in Business Management from Nottingham Trent University in the United Kingdom.

3. While he was a student in the UK, he reportedly used to be a leaflet distributor for nightclubs.

4. Varun is so attached to his brother, Rohit, who has made himself as an established director like their father David Dhawan.

5. During his childhood days, Varun was a naughty kid, who was very mischevious and used to do many pranks.

6. Varun's nickname is Pappu.