Varun Dhawan started his career in 2012 with Karan Johar’s directorial film Student of the Year. Varun was accompanied by newcomers like Alia Bhatt and Siddharth Malhotra in this film. In his career spanning over a decade, Varun has been a part of many commercial entertainer films. This includes Varun Dhawan’s comedy films like Main Tera Hero, Badrinath Ki Dulhania and Coolie No. 1.
Be it romantic comedy or action comedy, Varun Dhawan has proved his acting prowess in all the films. “I look like a sweet, innocent, Swami type na… but actually I am a very big hammy type…” Remember when Varun made us laugh a lot as Seenu in Main Tera Hero?
For entertainment, here’s a look at Varun Dhawan’s best comedy movies:
These 7 comedy movies of Varun Dhawan are a must watch:
1. I am your hero
- Cast: Varun Dhawan, Ileana D’Cruz and Nargis Fakhri
- IMDb rating: 5.1
- Release Year: 2014
- Where to watch: Disney+ Hotstar
Directed by David Dhawan, Main Tera Hero starred Varun Dhawan, Ileana D’Cruz and Nargis Fakhri in the lead roles. The story of this 2014 film revolves around Srinath Prasad aka Seenu, a mischievous college student who falls in love with Sunaina.
He then gets entangled in a love triangle with two girls, one of whom is Sunaina, the other girl being Ayesha, the pampered daughter of a notorious criminal.
Varun played the role of Srinath aka Seenu. Ileana and Nargis played the role of Sunaina and Ayesha respectively. Varun’s wit and action in this movie made it worth watching.
2. Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania
- Cast: Varun Dhawan, Alia Bhatt, and Sidharth Shukla
- IMDB Rating: 6
- Release Year: 2014
- Where to watch: Amazon Prime Video
After Student of the Year, Varun Dhawan worked with Alia Bhatt for the second time in Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania. Directed by Shashank Khaitan, this 2014 film is based on the story of Alia’s character Kavya Pratap Singh, a young woman from Ambala. Kavya is engaged to an NRI doctor Angad Bedi, played by Siddharth Shukla.
Varun Dhawan is cast as Rakesh aka Humpty Sharma, a happy-go-lucky Punjabi man from Delhi who falls in love with Kavya. Kavya, who later develops feelings for him as well, returns to her home and reveals that she loves Humpty. Her father disapproves of their marriage. Later, the couple elopes, and then her family agrees to their union.
In a particular scene, Varun’s character was shown crying while watching the climax of Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge.
3. Badrinath Ki Dulhania
- Cast: Varun Dhawan and Alia Bhatt
- IMDB Rating: 6.1
- Release Year: 2017
- Where to watch: Amazon Prime Video
Badrinath Ki Dulhania, the sequel to Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania, was released in 2017. The second installment of the Dulhania series saw Varun Dhawan and Alia Bhatt reunite after 3 years. They entertained the audience with their sizzling chemistry, which had both romantic and comic elements.
In a funny bus scene, Alia Bhatt’s character Vaidehi asks Varun, aka Badri, about his qualifications. Badri, who is a “10th pass”, doesn’t know the meaning of the word. He says, “What do you mean?” Varun and Alia’s funny encounter in this scene is worth watching.
4. Coolie No.1
- Cast: Varun Dhawan, Sara Ali Khan, and Paresh Rawal
- IMDb Rating: 4.2
- Release Year: 2020
- Where to watch: Amazon Prime Video and Disney+ Hotstar
Directed by David Dhawan, Coolie No. 1 is a reboot of the 1995 film of the same name. The 2020 comedy masala entertainer stars Varun Dhawan and Sara Ali Khan, replacing Govinda and Karisma Kapoor, who played the lead roles in the original.
Varun plays the dual roles of Raju Coolie and Kunwar Raj Pratap Singh. Sara has been cast as Sara Pratap Singh. Paresh Rawal plays Jeffery Rozario, who will remind you of Kader Khan as Hoshiyaar Chand.
5. Judwaa 2
- Cast: Varun Dhawan, Jacqueline Fernandez, Taapsee Pannu
- IMDb rating: 3.6
- Release Year: 2017
- Where to watch: Disney+Hotstar
In 2017, David Dhawan rebooted his 1997 film Judwaa as Judwaa 2. The new film starred Varun Dhawan, who played the dual roles of twin brothers Raja Malhotra and Prem Malhotra. He was accompanied by Jacqueline Fernandez and Taapsee Pannu. The original film starred Salman Khan, Karisma Kapoor and Rambha.
In one scene, Varun, who plays a king, says, “The king’s respect is not like a beauty soap bar…which you can throw away.” Hilarious, isn’t it?
6. Dilwale
- Cast: Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol, Varun Dhawan and Kriti Sanon
- IMDb rating: 5.1
- Release Year: 2015
- Where to watch: Netflix
Dilwale is one of Varun Dhawan’s most popular films. While Shah Rukh Khan was paired with Kajol, Varun was cast opposite Kriti. In a funny scene with Shah Rukh, Varun as Veer Bakshi, who is unable to express his feelings, finally says that he wants to marry her. “I want to fill your maang with sindoor.” Have you seen it?
7. Live long
- Cast: Varun Dhawan, Kiara Advani, Anil Kapoor and Neetu Kapoor
- IMDB Rating: 6.1
- Release Year: 2022
- Where to watch: Amazon Prime Video
Starring Varun Dhawan, Kiara Advani, Anil Kapoor and Neetu Kapoor, JugJugg Jio is a family comedy-drama film to be released in 2022. Varun had great chemistry with Kiara in the film, while his drinking scenes with Anil tell the story of a fun friendship. They were the best father-son duo.
Varun Dhawan played the role of Kuldeep Saini aka Kuku in the film and Kiara Advani played his wife Naina. Anil and Neetu played Varun’s parents.
Now he has Baby John, Sunny Sanskari’s Tulsi Kumari, Border 2 and Hai Jawani Toh Ishq Hona Hai in the pipeline. Varun is truly a Dha-One, isn’t he?
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