Vijay Varma

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Vijay Varma
A still from Raagdesh (cropped).jpg
Varma in 2017
Born (1986-03-29) 29 March 1986 (age 38)
Alma materFilm and Television Institute of India
OccupationActor
Years active2013–present

Vijay Varma is an Indian actor who works predominantly in Hindi cinema. Varma rose to prominence with his role in Pink (2016) and has since acted in critically-acclaimed roles in MCA (2017), Gully Boy (2019), Baaghi 3 (2020), Darlings (2022) and web series Mirzapur (2020-present) , She (2021) and Dahaad (2023).

Early life and education[edit]

Varma was born on 29 March 1986 to a Marwari family settled in Hyderabad, Telangana.[1] He studied at the FTII.[2]

Career[edit]

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 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.[3]

Filmography[edit]

Key
Films that have not yet been released Denotes films that have not yet been released
  • All films are in Hindi unless otherwise noted.

Films[edit]

Year Title Role Notes
2008 Shor Ramesh Short film
2012 Chittagong Jhunku (Subodh Roy)
2013 Rangrezz Pakkya
2014 Gang of Ghosts Robin Hoodda
2016 Pink Ankit Malhotra
2017 Monsoon Shootout Adi
Raag Desh Jamal Kidwai
MCA Siva Telugu film
2018 Manto Ansaar Shabnam Dil
2019 Gully Boy Moeen
Super 30 Fugga Kumar (older) Special appearance
2020 Ghost Stories Guddu Released on Netflix
Baaghi 3 Akhtar Lahori
Bamfaad Jigar Fareedi Released on ZEE5
Yaara Rizwan Sheikh
2022 Hurdang Loha Singh
Darlings Hamza Shaikh Released on Netflix
2023 Lust Stories 2 Vijay Chauhan Anthology film
Released on Netflix
The Devotion of Suspect X TBA Released on Netflix
Post Production
Afghaani Snow TBA Filming

Web series[edit]

Year Title Role Platform Ref
2018 Cheers-Friends, Reunion, Goa Ciggy
2020 A Suitable Boy Rasheed Netflix [4]
She Sasya
2020–present Mirzapur Shatrughan Tyagi/Bharat Tyagi Amazon Prime Video
2021 OK Computer Saajan Kundu Disney Plus Hotstar
2023 Dahaad Anand Swarnakar Amazon Prime Video
Kaalkoot SI Ravi Shankar Tripathi JioCinema

Awards and nominations[edit]

List of award nominations and awards won by Vijay Varma
Year Award Category Film Result Ref.
2019 26th Screen Awards Best Supporting Actor Gully Boy Nominated
2020 65th Filmfare Awards Best Supporting Actor Nominated [5]
2023 Bollywood Hungama Style Icons Most Stylish Emerging Icon N/A Won [6]
Most Stylish Breakthrough Talent (Male) N/A Nominated

References[edit]

  1. "After Gully Boy, Vijay Varma talks about spending a decade in the background". The Indian Express. 24 February 2019. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  2. "Vijay Varma -Actor Biography". Archived from the original on 18 August 2018. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
  3. "Pink is a social thriller: Amitabh Bachchan". 11 September 2016.
  4. "BBC - Cast announced for BBC One's A Suitable Boy, the first screen adaptation of Vikram Seth's classic novel - Media Centre". www.bbc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 5 September 2019. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  5. "Nominations for 65th Amazon Filmfair Awards 2020". Filmfare. Archived from the original on 3 February 2020. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
  6. "Check out the complete list of winners of the Bollywood Hungama Style Icon Awards". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 14 April 2023.

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