Vijay Varma

Vijay Varma

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Vijay Varma is a film actor from Hindi and Telugu movies. A graduate from FTII Pune, he has been a part of several social dramas in Bollywood, such as Pink, Rangrezz, Chittagong, Monsoon Shootout, Gang of Ghosts etc. In 2017 he marked his Telugu debut with action comedy film written and directed by Venu Sri Ram, Middle Class Abbayi co-starring Nani and Sai Pallavi. The film was released to positive reviews, and tasted box office success.

 

Vijay hails from Hyderabad, present-day Telangana. He started off as a theatre artist at his hometown, and wanted to pursue a career in this field. He wanted to take formal acting classes. His acting dreams were opposed by his parents initially. Later a friend funded him to go to Pune and study at FTII. Once he completed the course he moved to Mumbai in search of work. He got his first break through the short film, Shor, filmed at several international film festivals. He marked his film debut with Chittagong in 2012 directed by Bedabrata Pain, where he played a young revolutionary dealing with a dark past and an uncertain future.

 

After playing supporting roles in a few more movies, he was casted in parallel lead role in Monsoon Shootout in 2017 directed by Amit Kumar. The film opened to positive reviews, and was a box office hit. The movie was also screened at 2013 Cannes Film Festival in the Official Midnight Screenings section. It had a theatric release in India in 2017. Vijay shared screen space with Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Tannishtha Chatterjee, and a bunch of talented actors in this film.

 

Vijay played the negative role of a menacing molester in the social drama, Pink. Priyadarshan's Rangrezz and Satish Kaushik's Gang of Ghosts brought him both visibility and acclaim. But it was Pink that made both audiences and filmmakers notice his talents. Varma dreams of acting with Vishal Bharadwaj and Vikramaditya Motwane.

Published: December 04, 2018

Updated: December 04, 2018

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