All set for his acting debut in Karan Johar’s ‘Student of the Year’, director David Dhawan’s son Varun says as a child he wanted to become a wrestler. “I have this dream of directing. But as a child I wanted to become a wrestler. Like in childhood we used to watch WWF, I was inspired by all of that. One of my favourite wrestlers was The Rock, who has become an actor,” Varun told reporters at the first look of his film.
“The Rock became an actor and he is quite successful. So one day I realised that it is not going to take me anywhere. The entertainment part has always attracted me.I felt acting was my calling and that is something I wanted to do,” he said.
The younger son of king of comedy David Dhawan, Varun grew up on a regular feed of mainstream cinema even as his elder brother Rohit took to direction with ‘Desi Boyz’.
Before entering Bollywood, Varun went to Manchester for a course in business management. He also landed up with a job of assistant director in Karan Johar’s ‘My Name is Khan’
Varun is making his acting debut in ‘Student of the Year’ alongside two newcomers – Alia Bhatt, daughter of filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt and Soni Razdan, and Siddharth Malhotra.
The film is set to release on October 19. (PTI)