Vijay Varma

Vijay Varma (born 29 March 1986) is an Indian film actor who primarily appears in Hindi films.

Vijay Varma
Varma in 2017
Born (1986-03-29) 29 March 1986[1][2]
Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh (now in Telangana), India
OccupationFilm actor

Early life

Varma belongs to a Hyderabad-based family. He applied to FTII and got in, but his parents were opposed to him acting in movies. A friend funded his acting diploma fee and he went to FTII Pune.[3]

Film career

Varma started his acting journey as a theatre artiste 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 post graduate 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, New York that year. He also worked in critically acclaimed movie Pink.[4]

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

Films
YearTitleRoleNotes
2012ChittagongJhunku (Subodh Roy)Debut Hindi film
2013RangrezzPakkya
2014Gang of GhostsRobin Hoodda
2016PinkAnkit Malhotra
2017Monsoon ShootoutAdi
Raag DeshJamal Kidwai
MCASivaDebut Telugu film
2018Cheers - Friends. Reunion. GoaCiggy (Siddharth)
Manto Ansaar Shabnam Dil
2019 Gully Boy Moeen
Super 30 Fugga Kumar (older) Special appearance
2020 Ghost Stories Guddu Anthology film
Baaghi 3 Akhtar Lahori
Bamfaad Jigar Fareedi
Yaara Rizwan Sheikh
Hurdang Loha Singh

Web series
Year Title Role Notes
2020 A Suitable Boy Rasheed BBC One[5]
2018 Cheers-Friends, Reunion, Goa Ciggy YouTube
2020 She Sasya Netflix
2020 Mirzapur Dual role as Shatrughan Tyagi and Bharat Tyagi Amazon Prime Video

Awards and nominations
Year Award Category Film Result Ref.
2019 26th Screen Awards Best Supporting Actor Gully Boy Nominated
2020 65th Filmfare Awards Best Supporting Actor Nominated [6]

References
  1. "Ira Khan's birthday wish for her muse Vijay Varma will leave you in splits! - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  2. "Vijay Varma on OTT boom: Earlier, it was seeti maro audience that gave you the response, now it's all on the social media". Hindustan Times. 31 October 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  3. "Vijay Varma -Actor Biography". Archived from the original on 18 August 2018. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
  4. "Hyderabad boy Vijay Varma's Interview". Archived from the original on 11 October 2020. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  5. "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.
  6. "NOMINATIONS FOR 65TH AMAZON FILMFARE AWARDS 2020". Filmfare. Archived from the original on 3 February 2020. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
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