Top 5 unknown facts about Varun Dhawan

'Student Of The Year' Varun Dhawan has graduated from being Karan's cool student to Badlapur's revengeful Raghu. There has been an enormous visible growth in the kind of films he does and how he enacts on-screen. Veteran filmmaker David Dhawan's younger son made his impressive debut in 2012 with 'Student Of The Year' and went on to become 'next thing to watch out' in Bollywood. On his 28th birthday, we tell you some unknown facts about this lad, here take a look:

Management professional

Never would have you imagined that this hottie, who makes every other girl drool over him studied business management. Yes, you read it right. Varun studied business management from Nottingham Trent University, UK. Varun did complete his studies, but his love for cinema did attract him to the showbiz world. Well, it's all in the genes, we say!

Assistant director before actor

Varun's journey in Bollywood started off first behind the cameras. He worked as an assistant director to filmmaker Karan Johar in 'My Name Is Khan' (2010). As luck would have it, the talented Dhawan lad, made his debut in Karan's film 'Student Of The Year' in 2012. Life surely came full circle for Varun, quite interesting!

Dwayne Johnson 'The Rock' fan!

Varun is a self-confessed Dwayne fan. In fact, his love for the wrestling champ turned actor is so much that Varun's fans decided to surprise him by requesting Dwayne to wish the actor on Twitter. To everyone's surprise, the 'Furious 7' star did respond to all the requests and wished Varun on his birthday—something the 'ABCD 2' actor thought was his best birthday gift ever!

Good deeds!

The year 2013 saw flash floods destroy the normal life in Uttarakhand. When the entire nation stood as one to support the victims, Varun too did his bit for extending the much-needed help. He performed at a special event for raising fund for the flood-affected victims in Uttarakhand.

Sibling revelry

David Dhawan has two sons—Rohit and Varun. While everyone knows who Varun is, few are aware about his elder brother Rohit. Interestingly, Rohit is a filmmaker like his father, and has directed 'Desi Boyz' starring Akshay Kumar and John Abraham. In one of the interviews, Varun is reported to have confessed the kind of respect he has for his elder brother. He said that Rohit is like a father figure for me and he feels attached to him the most. Well, reports even suggest that it was 'bade bhaiya' Rohit who suggested Varun's name for 'Main Tera Hero'.