[2] His grandfather and father served in the Indian Army, and Varun had initially planned to follow in their footsteps.

In 2019, he made his acting debut with ALTBalaji's Ragini MMS: Returns as Rahul opposite Divya Agarwal.

[9] In 2022, he made a special appearance in Karan Johar's Jugjugg Jeeyo as Gaurav opposite Prajakta Koli.

[11] In January 2024, he starred as Ahaan Kothari in Disney+ Hotstar's Karmma Calling alongside Raveena Tandon and Namrata Sheth.

[12] Later that year, he appeared in Amazon Prime Video's Naam Namak Nishan opposite Helly Shah,[13] and in Call Me Bae alongside Ananya Panday.