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{{short description|Indian actor (born 1986)}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Vijay Varma
| image = A still from Raagdesh (cropped).jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Varma in 2017
| birth_date = {{birth date and age |df=y|1986|3|29}}
| birth_place = [[Hyderabad]], [[Telangana]], India
| alma_mater = [[Film and Television Institute of India]]
| occupation = Actor
| years active = 2013–present
}}
'''Vijay Varma''' is an Indian actor who works predominantly in [[Hindi cinema]]. Varma rose to prominence with his role in ''[[Pink (2016 film)|Pink]]'' (2016) and has since acted in critically-acclaimed roles in ''[[Middle Class Abbayi|MCA]]'' (2017), ''[[Gully Boy]]'' (2019), ''[[Baaghi 3]]'' (2020), ''[[Darlings (film)|Darlings]]'' (2022) and [[web series]] ''[[Mirzapur (TV series)|Mirzapur]]'' (2020-present) , ''[[She (TV series)|She]]'' (2021) and ''[[Dahaad]]'' (2023).

==Early life and education==
Varma was born on 29 March 1986 to a [[Marwari people|Marwari]] family settled in [[Hyderabad]], [[Telangana]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=24 February 2019|title=After Gully Boy, Vijay Varma talks about spending a decade in the background|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/express-sunday-eye/his-time-has-come-5594477/|access-date=29 July 2021|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref> He studied at the [[Film and Television Institute of India|FTII]].<ref name="dnaindia.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/bollywood/report-is-hyderabad-boy-vijay-varma-really-badass-2569328|title=Vijay Varma -Actor Biography|access-date=9 September 2018|archive-date=18 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180818173501/http://www.dnaindia.com/bollywood/report-is-hyderabad-boy-vijay-varma-really-badass-2569328|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Career==
Varma started his acting journey as a theatre artist in his hometown Hyderabad. He worked in numerous plays before he decided to move to Pune for two years to get a formal education in acting at FTII. After finishing his postgraduate course, he shifted his base to Mumbai in search of acting work. His first acting job was in [[Raj Nidimoru and Krishna D.K.|Raj Nidimoru and Krishna DK's]] short film titled ''Shor'' which was highly acclaimed at festivals and won the Best Short Film at the MIAAC festival, in New York that year. He also worked in the critically acclaimed movie [[Pink (2016 film)|''Pink'']].<ref>{{cite web|title=Pink is a social thriller: Amitabh Bachchan|date=11 September 2016 |url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/pink-amitabh-bachchan-social-thriller-3025821/}}</ref>

==Filmography==

{| class="wikitable"
|+Key
| style="background:#FFFFCC;"| {{dagger|alt=Films that have not yet been released}}
| Denotes films that have not yet been released
|}
*''All films are in Hindi unless otherwise noted.''

===Films===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width: 100%; text-align: center;
|- style="background:#ccc; text-align:center;"
! scope="col" | Year !! scope="col" | Title !! scope="col" | Role !! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
|2008|| ''Shor'' || Ramesh || Short film
|-
|2012||''[[Chittagong (film)|Chittagong]]''|| Jhunku (Subodh Roy) ||
|-
|2013||''[[Rangrezz]]''|| Pakkya ||
|-
|2014||''[[Gang of Ghosts]]''|| Robin Hoodda ||
|-
|2016||''[[Pink (2016 film)|Pink]]''|| Ankit Malhotra ||
|-
| rowspan="3" |2017||''[[Monsoon Shootout]]''||Adi ||
|-
| ''[[Raag Desh (film)|Raag Desh]]'' ||Jamal Kidwai
|
|-
|''[[Middle Class Abbayi|MCA]]''|| Siva || [[Telugu cinema|Telugu]] film
|-
|2018
|[[Manto (2018 film)|''Manto'']]
|Ansaar Shabnam Dil
|
|-
|rowspan=2|2019
|''[[Gully Boy]]''
|Moeen
|
|-
|''[[Super 30 (film)|Super 30]]''
|Fugga Kumar (older)
|Special appearance
|-
|rowspan=4|2020
|''[[Ghost Stories (2020 film)|Ghost Stories]]''
| Guddu
|Released on [[Netflix]]
|-
|''[[Baaghi 3]]''
| Akhtar Lahori
|
|-
| ''[[Bamfaad]]''
|Jigar Fareedi
|rowspan=2| Released on [[ZEE5]]
|-
|''[[Yaara]]''
|Rizwan Sheikh
|-
|rowspan=2|2022
| scope="row" |''[[Hurdang]]''
| Loha Singh
|
|-
| scope="row" |''[[Darlings (film)|Darlings]]''
| Hamza Shaikh
|Released on [[Netflix]]
|-
| rowspan="3" |2023
|''[[Lust Stories 2]]''
|Vijay Chauhan
|Anthology film <br> Released on [[Netflix]]
|-
|''[[The Devotion of Suspect X]]''
|TBA
| Released on [[Netflix]] <br/>Post Production
|-
|''Afghaani Snow''
|TBA
|Filming
|}

===Web series===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width: 100%; text-align: center;
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title
! scope="col" | Role
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Platform
! scope="col" | Ref
|-
| 2018
| ''Cheers-Friends, Reunion, Goa''
| Ciggy
|
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2020
| ''[[A Suitable Boy (series)|A Suitable Boy]]''
| Rasheed
|rowspan=2|[[Netflix]]
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2019/a-suitable-boy-cast|title=BBC - Cast announced for BBC One's A Suitable Boy, the first screen adaptation of Vikram Seth's classic novel - Media Centre|website=www.bbc.co.uk|access-date=6 October 2019|archive-date=5 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190905014114/https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2019/a-suitable-boy-cast|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[She (TV series)|She]]''
|Sasya
|
|-
|2020–present
| ''[[Mirzapur (TV series)|Mirzapur]]''
| Shatrughan Tyagi/Bharat Tyagi
|[[Amazon Prime Video]]
|
|-
| 2021
| ''[[OK Computer (TV series)|OK Computer]] ''
| Saajan Kundu
|[[Disney Plus Hotstar]]
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2023
| ''[[Dahaad]]''
| Anand Swarnakar
|[[Amazon Prime Video]]
|
|-
| ''[[Kaalkoot]]''
| [[Sub-inspector|SI]] Ravi Shankar Tripathi
|[[JioCinema]]
|
|}

== Awards and nominations ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of award nominations and awards won by Vijay Varma
|-
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Award
! scope="col" | Category
! scope="col" | Film
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Result
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}}
|-
| 2019
| [[26th Screen Awards]]
| [[Screen Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]
| rowspan="2" | ''[[Gully Boy]]''
| {{nom}}
|
|-
| 2020
| [[65th Filmfare Awards]]
| [[Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]
| {{nom}}
| <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.filmfare.com/awards/filmfare-awards-2020/nominations|title=Nominations for 65th Amazon Filmfair Awards 2020 |website=Filmfare|access-date=18 February 2020|archive-date=3 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200203105210/https://www.filmfare.com/awards/filmfare-awards-2020/nominations|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2"|2023
| rowspan="2"|[[Bollywood Hungama Style Icons]]
| Most Stylish Emerging Icon
| {{NA}}
| {{won}}
| rowspan="2"|<ref>{{cite news|title=Check out the complete list of winners of the Bollywood Hungama Style Icon Awards|url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/style-icons/winners.php|work=Bollywood Hungama|language=en|access-date=14 April 2023}}</ref>
|-
| Most Stylish Breakthrough Talent (Male)
|{{NA}}
|{{nom}}
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==

* {{IMDb name|1994146|Vijay Varma}}
* [https://wikidekho.com/vijay-varma/ Vijay Varma] at wiki Dekho

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[[Category:1986 births]]

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