Varun Dagar is an Indian artist. He is a street artist at Connaught Palace in New Delhi. He came into limelight after participating in India’s Best Dancer Season 2 (2021) on Sony Entertainment Television.
Wiki/Biography
Varun Dagar was born on Friday, November 19, 1999 in Palwar, Haryana (age 23; as of 2022). His zodiac sign is Scorpio. Varun has been fascinated by dance since childhood and often performed at various cultural events in school. Varun said in an interview that initially, his parents and relatives were skeptical about his dancing career. At the age of 21, Varun decided to flee his home in Haryana to New Delhi to pursue a full-time dance career.
appearance
Height (approximately): 5′10″
Hair color: black
Eye color: black
family
Parents and siblings
There is not much information about Varun Dagar’s family.
wife
Varun Dagar is unmarried.
Profession
Varun Dagar started his career in 2017 by participating in various theater productions. He has participated in various dance competitions in Delhi such as Stage Vibe and Manch. In 2021, he won the World of Dance show in Chennai.
Varun Dagar wins after winning World of Dance show in Chennai
He is also a dancer, choreographer and artistic director of Taal Dance Academy. He also worked as a choreographer at the Brooklyn Academy of Dance. In October 2021, he participated in the Sony TV reality show “India’s Best Dancer”; however, he was not selected. Geeta Kapoor, who is one of the judges of Sony TV’s dance reality show “India’s Best Dancer” along with Sonali Bendre and Terence Lewis, spoke about Varun Daggar’s participation in an interview and why he didn’t Selected for the show. reality show. She said the reality show had standards for pairing participants and choreographers; however, due to Varun Duggal’s unique dance form, they could not find a suitable choreographer for him.
Varun Dagar as a participant in the second season of Sony TV’s Hindi reality show India’s Best Dancer
dispute
Attacked by Delhi Police
In April 2023, Varun Dagar was attacked by Delhi Police and several parking wardens after performing at Connaught Place. On Tuesday, the performer shared a video of himself being taken away by an unidentified man and handed over to a group of men wearing police uniforms. In the video, Varun is dragged and appears to be beaten. Taking to Instagram, Varun Dagar shared a video clip of the incident along with the caption,
When the police came to remove me from my parking space in Area B, they were joined by the area’s parking officer. People asked police as the fight started. In the middle of all this, I was packing up my things and the parking attendant came up to me and grabbed me by the collar. He insulted me and dragged me out. “
He explained that he was dragged from the scene and roughed up. He claimed a police officer “pulled his hair” and hit him with his elbow before dragging him to a police car. He claims he was abused throughout the process. When he asked why he was beaten, the police gave no clear explanation. Instead, they said they would tell him why when they arrived at the police station. Sharing the post, Varun said he had no idea why he was being abused.
Facts/Trivia
- In 2022, industrialist Anand Mahindra took to Twitter to share a video of Varun Dagar performing at Konnok Palace in New Delhi. Anand Mahindra captioned the video:
Dance, Varun. We are all part of the dance of life. Don’t let anyone limit your freedom to express yourself and your art. You embody the spirit that we all want to dance into the New Year. “
Dance, Varun. We are all part of the dance of life. Don’t let anyone limit your freedom to express yourself and your art. You embody the spirit that we all hope to dance into the new year. (@jaytweetshah We should let him perform at our event in Delhi) https://t.co/9VSP1A2Nbl
— Anand Mahindra (@anandmahindra) January 3, 2022
- In 2022, Varun Duggar was beaten and abused by the police on the streets of Delhi. on Instagram. Varun Dagar shared a video shot by a woman; in the video, a policeman is about to arrest Varun when the girl stops him and asks the policeman to produce documents proving that busking is illegal in the country. Varun Dagar posted the video with the caption,
The Delhi Police came and snatched my things from my hands. I didn’t let them take my stuff because I wasn’t performing at the time. They treated me like I had committed a crime. They were very rude to me. I know they won’t let me busk, but it’s not illegal either. I didn’t do anything wrong. I wasn’t doing anything illegal on the street; I was just performing. Now you tell me what to do. “
- Varun Dagar often shares his dance videos on various social media platforms. He has more than 445,000 followers on Instagram. He also runs a YouTube channel of the same name, where he often shares his dance videos; he has over 75,000 followers on YouTube.
- Apart from dancing, Varun Dagar is also interested in singing. He often shares videos of himself singing on social media. In 2022, he wrote, composed and dubbed for his music album “Baware Saware”; the video has been viewed more than 75,000 times on YouTube.
Stills from Varun Dagar’s music album Baware Saware (2022)
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