Varun Sharma is the well-known debutant of Farhan Akhtar's 2013 production Fukrey which was a surprise Hit in Bollywood.He studied at The Lawrence School, Sanawar following Class 11 and class 12 at APJ School, Jalandhar and later Bachelor's degree in Media, Entertainment and Film Technology from Chandigarh. He did ads for Virgin Mobile, Airtel, Ebay, Nissan Micra, Margo Soap etc. After bunch of auditions, Sharma was called by Honey Trehan to audition for Farhan Akhtar's movie Fukrey.